In the Supreme Court case of Milliken v. Bradley (1974), the Court
A. upheld the principle of affirmative action.
B. eliminated all restrictions on performing abortions.
C. struck down a plan to transfer students across municipal lines to achieve racial balance.
D. handed down a decision that delighted both liberals and conservatives.
E. None of these answers is correct.
Answer: C
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a. lost substantial political clout because of the Depression. b. became a decisive bloc in the states of the Deep South where they were most numerous. c. gained numerous judicial and legislative seats in the Midwest and mid-Atlantic states. d. abandoned the Republican Party almost completely
In Catholic New Spain, Hispanic wives and daughters often lived in seclusion because
A) ?women were seen as more vulnerable to epidemics. B) ?in this way women were protected from Indian attacks. C) ?New World Spaniards wanted to emulate customs of European gentility. D) ?Hispanic men believed that they could increase their honor by protecting the sexual purity of their female relatives. E) ?None of these are correct.
“Sexism” can be defined as ______.
A. harassment on the basis of gender B. discrimination or bias against people based on their gender C. men’s negative attitudes toward women D. women’s negative attitudes toward men
All of the following inclined the U.S. toward entering on the side of the Allies in the First World War EXCEPT that
A. the U.S. had cultural, economic, and historical ties to the Allies. B. the Germans employed submarine warfare against American merchant vessels. C. although some progressives opposed war, the idealistic progressive spirit pointed toward an American campaign to end militarism and establish a peaceful world order. D. although a pacifist at heart, Wilson campaigned for re-election in 1916 on a hawkish platform-and won decisively.