The Truman administration failed to pass any civil rights legislation because __________
a. Truman himself secretly worked to defeat its passage
b. most people said the civil rights movement was a communist plot
c. black voters had traditionally backed the Republican Party
d. southern politicians managed to block the legislation
e. controversial social change during the Cold War could be divisive and dangerous
D
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a. Mongol traditions. b. Germanic traditions. c. Islamic law. d. Byzantine administrative traditions. e. tribal institutions.
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a. the Japanese attempt to secure raw materials and markets by creating an empire stretching to Burma and Polynesia. b. the major Japanese success at Pearl Harbor, loss of initiative at Midway, and surrender after two nuclear attacks. c. the successful Chinese defense of its major ports. d. extremely tenacious Japanese defense of its possessions. e. a major debate about the American decision to use the atom bomb against the civilian population of a nearly defeated foe.
Which of the following was not among the polarizing conservative policies that George W. Bush pursued when he assumed the presidency?
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