A collection of statutes that became known as the Jim Crow laws
A. established poll taxes.
B. made lynching a legal and permissible activity.
C. legalized segregation.
D. instituted literacy tests at polling places.
Answer: C
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Theodor Herzl may be remembered for a. leading laissez-faire economics in Prussia
b. spreading ideas of racial struggle throughout Europe. c. helping to develop Zionism. d. using anti-Semitism as leader of the Christian Social Party in Austria. e. being Dreyfus's lawyer in his famous trial.
John Locke's political essays maintain that
a. human beings are naturally selfish and cruel. b. people make a social contract with the state to follow its laws in return for protection of their natural rights. c. people should accept traditional religious authorities. d. lower classes need to obey their social superiors.
Which of the following contributed most to the increasing use of African slave labor in North America during the 1600s and 1700s?
(A) successful colonial attempts to convert enslaved Africans to Christianity (B) European demand for agricultural products grown in the colonies (C) the spread of European enlightenment ideas in the colonies (D) a decline in regional distinctiveness among the colonies
In 1849 approximately 80,000 Americans migrated to California because of the
A) completion of the Santa Fe Trail. B) start of the gold rush. C) end of the Mexican War. D) severe unemployment in the East.