In the 1940s, sociologist E. Franklin Frazier and many other black scholars argued that
a. African-American customs were deeply imbued with vivid remnants of past African traditions.
b. African Americans could best benefit American society through the accentuation of distinctive black cultural traits in arts and letters.
c. African Americans should address the economic challenges they faced and should not be distracted by purported cultural solutions.
d. “authentic” African Americans possessed an innate spirituality which would be lost by assimilation into broader “white” society.
c. African Americans should address the economic challenges they faced and should not be distracted by purported cultural solutions.
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In Athens, the Sophists taught
a. political skills of public speaking and policy-making. b. music and mathematics. c. secret methods of achieving immortality. d. spiritual exercises aimed at individual enlightenment. e. practical skills that improved Athenian technology.
Which of the following best characterizes the outlook of skilled workers in the early 1870s?
A. not very optimistic, as machinery rendered their skills obsolete B. hopeful, as more industrial jobs became available C. optimistic, as technological advances increased managerial opportunities D. scared because of the intense competition for factory work
Weimar Germany?s most serious handicap was the insecurity of the middle classes caused by the
A) economic chaos caused by inflation in the 1920s and depression in the early 1930s. B) fear of communist revolution. C) activities of the Nazis and other right-wing extremist parties. D) rise of totalitarian governments in Italy and Portugal. E) free trade movement.
Those designated as enemy combatants? were
A) affiliated with al-Qaeda. B) affiliated with the Taliban. C) not subject to international rules. D) not protected by the U.S Constitution. E) ?All of these are correct.