In the case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court ruled that
a. southern states had to improve the quality of black schools to make them truly separate and equal.
b. segregation was morally wrong, but that it was a matter for legislatures to address rather than the courts.
c. separate educational facilities are inherently unequal and school districts should eliminate them with all deliberate speed.
d. segregated schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment and must be closed.
C
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In many ways, Robespierre could be considered a voice for liberal reform because he supported
a. rights for women. b. rights for Jews. c. expanding crimes punishable by capital punishment. d. revoking all voting rights for nobles who believed in royalism. e. the use of slavery in French territories.
Which of the following statements about Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation is LEAST accurate?
a. It exempted from its provisions 800,000 slaves living in the Border States. b. It was justified primarily on the grounds of military necessity. c. It exempted from its provisions large numbers of slaves in conquered Confederate territories. d. It was widely ridiculed by African Americans and European liberals as an empty gesture.
By 1900, which was the largest city in the world?
A. Tokyo B. New York C. London D. Paris E. Berlin
All of the following arguments were made by opponents of the war EXCEPT
A) President Polk provoked an unnecessary and premature military confrontation with Mexico with his military orders to General Zachary Taylor while in the midst of diplomatic negotiations with Mexico to resolve the conflict. B) the war with Mexico over Texas was actually a pretext for President Polk militarily acquiring California and New Mexico from Mexico. C) the war with Mexico was an immoral effort by slaveholders to strengthen the presence of slavery in the Unites States and enhance their influence over the federal government. D) President Polk failed to obtain an authorization for war from the Senate and the House for war with Mexico, and instead he illegally relied on his constitutional powers as commander-in-chief to go to war with Mexico.