What event prompted a massive wave of "sit-ins" across the country?
A) African Americans went on a hunger strike after being refused service at a diner.
B) An African American soldier refused to stand and salute an abusive white officer.
C) A white restaurant owner assaulted a black customer when she asked to be served in a white area.
D) Three African American college students refused to leave a lunch counter after being denied service.
E) Three African American women refused to get off a bus after being asked to move to the back.
Answer: D
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A) In the evolving worldwide economy, the United States would soon not be able to control its economy. B) The federal government must reduce regulation of business practices in order for the United States to compete successfully in the evolving worldwide economy. C) The United States should increase tariffs on imports to protect American industries from foreign competition. D) The national debt was unsustainable.
Robert La Follette was
A) ?? a progressive reformer who established policies that were labeled the "Wisconsin Idea". B) ?? the Republican nominee for president in 1916. C) ?? the chief justice of the Supreme Court who fought against most progressive legislation. D) ?? the architect of Carnegie Hall. E) ?? the founder of the new version of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1910s.
American foreign policy in Latin America in the period between world wars included all the following EXCEPT:
a. withdrawing U.S. Marines from Nicaragua and Haiti b. abrogating the Platt Amendment c. participation in Pan-American conferences d. withdrawing U.S. Marines from Haiti e. insisting that the Monroe Doctrine provided a valid justification for intervention
Which of the following was one of the consequences of Latin American revolutions?
A) economic revival B) political freedom but continued economic dependence on Europe C) improved legal standing of women D) separation of church and state E) continuation of slavery