How was the Kennedy administration’s record on civil rights a mix of successes and failures?
a. Attorney General Robert Kennedy sent federal marshals to protect a biracial group testing the segregation laws for bus and train stations but did not support the Interstate Commerce Commission’s plan to ban segregation.
b. Vice President Lyndon Johnson headed a commission to increase jobs for African Americans in defense industries, but a reliance on voluntary cooperation prevented dramatic gains.
c. Attorney General Robert Kennedy forced the FBI to protect civil rights volunteers registering African American voters, but the Justice Department overall reduced the number of voting rights suits filed.
d. President Kennedy did not appoint many African Americans to positions of power in the judicial branch, but he did appoint jurists who supported African American rights and avoided appointing racists jurors.
b. Vice President Lyndon Johnson headed a commission to increase jobs for African Americans in defense industries, but a reliance on voluntary cooperation prevented dramatic gains.
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The Incas ruled their empire using all of the following methods except
a. practicing large scale human sacrifice. b. relying on various forms of labor taxation. c. employing people in full-time state service. d. providing lavish ritual entertainment.
What was the primary cause of the arms race during the Cold War?
A. Fear of mutually assured destruction B. Neither country had sufficient intelligence information to judge the other's capacity for destruction, and the stockpiles escalated C. Demonstration of scientific superiority D. Stimulation of a military industrial economy E. None of these.
In the period roughly from 1500 to 1750
a. the modern state was invented by the sovereign states of Europe that also developed the idea of human liberty. b. both the modern state and the idea of human liberty were created by republican states such as the Dutch Republic. c. the modern state was invented by absolute monarchies, whereas the modern idea of human liberty was developed in Renaissance Italy. d. republican states such as the Dutch Republic and England invented the idea of human liberty. e. none of the above
The Fordney-McCumber Tariff had the economic effect of
a. encouraging American manufacturers to produce for overseas markets. b. forcing European producers to lower their prices in order to sell in American markets. c. inducing Europeans to raise their own tariff barriers, virtually killing international trade. d. enabling American farmers to dump their products overseas and thus maintain higher prices at home. e. creating increased American trade with Mexico and Canada, which were not covered by the tariff barriers.