The Haymarket Square meeting took place the day after:
A) Mayor Harrison had banned all union meetings.
B) a railroad strike stopped all trains leaving the city.
C) police had killed four strikers.
D) President Cleveland sent in the National Guard to maintain order.
Answer: C
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The new militancy and restlessness among many members of the African American community after 1945 was generated by
a. the white churches' growing awareness of social injustice. b. World War II's highlighting of the gap between America's ideals and its racial practices. c. Thurgood Marshall's appointment to the U. S. Supreme Court. d. Dwight Eisenhower's strong commitment to civil rights. e. the agitation of A. Philip Randolph.
Who was the leading African-American known for his fiery oratory, insistence that blacks control the political and economic resources of their communities, and who was assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam after he formed his own Organization of Afro-American Unity?
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Which of the following is NOT a true statement regarding trade in southern India around the time of the Mongol invasions?
A. A diverse group of merchants settled in the seaports of southern India and interacted heavily with the local population. B. Arabic was the language of trade among merchants in southern India. C. Southern Indian trade centered on overland trade that made significant use of the silk roads. D. Southern Indian ports became crucial centers of Afroeurasian trade.
The first slaves sold in the English colonies of North America were:
a. Captured as a part of the cargo of a Portuguese ship en route to Vera Cruz, Mexico. b. Brought to New York as tobacco plantation workers. c. Sold with the justification that their souls would be saved after their owners led them to Christianity. d. Sold by a Spanish privateer as the spoils of war with the French.