Which Supreme Court case established the doctrine of “separate but equal”?

a)  Plessy v. Ferguson
b)  Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
c)  United States v. Harris
d)  Williams v. Mississippi


a)  Plessy v. Ferguson

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A) negotiating with all tribes to achieve a single unified treaty. B) negotiating with each tribe separately. C) forcing the reservation Native Americans to become farmers like other Americans. D) accepting the Indians' rights to practice their own religions.

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Which of the following was an effect of the Atlantic slave trade on tropical Africa?

A. The burden of agricultural labor in tropical Africa fell more heavily on men. B. Good financial times brought about by the slave trade brought on an era of peace and stability. C. The population of tropical Africa precipitously declined. D. Arable tropical African land and pastures were not exploited to their full potential.

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Why did communism cause such fear in the United States in the postwar period?

What will be an ideal response?

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What was the central charge that Republicans aimed at Federalists during the late 1790s?

A) They had become a faction bent on enriching wealthy citizens and creating an aristocracy. B) They were free-thinking libertines who planned to eliminate religion in the United States. C) They were plotting a reign of terror and wished to turn the nation over to France. D) They favored an agrarian society and thus were out of touch with the economic forces transforming the nation. E) They were too local in their outlook, and changing times needed an international perspective.

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