When Arkansas governor Orval Faubus resisted the Supreme Court-mandated integration of public schools in Little Rock, President Eisenhower __________
A) quietly supported the actions of the governor
B) urged Congress to pass civil rights legislation
C) sent federal troops to Little Rock to protect the Little Rock Nine
D) required that state troops be used to protect the Little Rock Nine
C
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The Interstate Commerce Commission
a. lacked the power to regulate railroads effectively. b. saved producers billions of dollars by forcing railroads to lower their rates. c. virtually destroyed the railroad industry by forcing railroads to lower their rates. d. amounted to little more than socialist control of the railroad industry.
How did the Emancipation Proclamation undermine the Confederate war effort?
A) It brought Britain and France into the war on the Union side. B) It encouraged slaves to run away and resist their masters. C) It undermined Confederate morale. D) It led to political divisions within the Confederacy.
According to the French historian Georges Duby, the European society after 1000 was best symbolized by the relationship between
a. Christian and infidel. b. powerful and powerless. c. free and slave. d. landed and landless. e. church and king.
The United States changed to standard time zones when
a. Congress passed a law establishing this system. b. the railroads needed to develop coordinated schedules across the continent. c. factories demanded standard time schedules. d. long-distance telephones required standard time coordination. e. farmers needed to know train schedules to deliver crops to market.