Who was Elizabeth Fry?
A. a reformer who exposed the horrible conditions in English prisons
B. a reformer who called for an end to capital punishment
C. a reformer who advocated for a police force in England
D. a criminal sent to a colony in Australia
Answer: A
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The Lateran Accords of 1929
A) nationalized all church property. B) recognized Catholicism as the sole religion of Italy. C) marked the Catholic church's official condemnation of the Fascist state. D) eliminated government support for the Catholic church. E) turned the property of the Vatican over to the Italian government in exchange for tax reductions.
How did the feminists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony react to the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment?
a. The two encouraged the nation's feminists to support the amendment, stating this was the "Negro's hour" and that women could afford to wait a few years for the vote. b. Although they publicly supported the amendment, private correspondence indicates that both women feared the impact the Negro vote could potentially have on women's suffrage. c. Stanton's support of the amendment and Anthony's opposition led to a temporary split in the women's suffrage movement in the United States. d. Angered that the Constitution was being amended to, in effect, make gender a qualification for voting, they campaigned against ratification of the amendment.
What were the black codes? What was the intent behind them?
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
A conference in mid April 1960 led to the creation of which civil rights organization?
a. SNCC b. SCLC c. MIA d. CORE