The Voting Rights Act of 1965 __________.
a. created a new cabinet department focused on ensuring voting rights for all Americans
b. outlawed segregation in public facilities
c. established the Equal Voting Opportunity Commission to lesson racial discrimination at the voting polls
d. banned literacy tests in states and counties in which less than half the population had voted in 1964
d. banned literacy tests in states and counties in which less than half the population had voted in 1964
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While campaigning for reelection in 1936, Roosevelt ___________________.
A. spoke out against corporate power and greed and advocated higher corporate taxes B. tried to gain support of corporations by offering tax breaks C. made business the government's ally by promising to name top executives to key cabinet posts D. began a propaganda campaign to build support for nationalizing key industries
The Amos ‘n' Andy movie, Check and Double Check featured music by Duke Ellington's orchestra and brought Ellington's work to a wider audience of affluent white people and enhanced his reputation
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
__________ led many German intellectuals, farmers, and workers to flee the region
A) An invasion by France of Austria in 1830 B) A failed uprising against the Prussian state in 1848 C) A series of failed harvests in central Europe D) A successful revolution in Austria in 1848
The Danish astronomer who devoted years to charting the movements of planets and stars, which pointed to problems in the Ptolemaic model, was
A) Johannes Kepler. B) Tycho Brahe. C) Nicholaus Copernicus. D) William Gilbert. E) Jan Van Eck.