Both the Northern and Southern Alliance pressed for __________
A) the expansion of the currency supply
B) voting rights for African Americans
C) the gold standard
D) voting rights for women
Answer: A
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A. Students objected to the lack of required science and language courses. B. Students did not want to do the work required of them in a traditional curriculum. C. Students believed that college faculties were grossly incompetent and students should be teaching classes to their peers. D. Students opposed the "assembly-line education" they received from the traditional power structure on campuses.
What was a major goal of the early women's rights activists?
a. to free unmarried women from laws that did not allow them to work outside the home b. to free married women from laws that gave their husbands control of their property and children c. to enact laws that would require men to participate equally in household duties such as child-rearing d. to convince more women to run for public office e. to give African American women the same legal rights as other women
Although he promised in 1992 to end discrimination against homosexuals in the military, President Clinton:
a) asked Congress for a law ensuring gay rights b) accepted a "don't ask, don't tell" compromise c) allowed the military to ban gays from combat d) did nothing to follow through on his promise
President Bush muted his response to the fall of the Berlin Wall because
A) he did not fully understand the significance of the event. B) he did not want to provoke a hardline reaction from the Soviets. C) he hated to see the Cold War end. D) he feared that a reunited Germany might once again threaten the peace of the world. E) he was occupied with responding to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.