What made Emmett Till's 1955 murder in Mississippi different from previous racist killings of African Americans in the South?
A) This was the first time that a black teenager tried to advance the Civil Rights Movement.
B) Emmet Till was the youngest African American victim of racist violence in the United States.
C) Till's family decided to fight back by publicizing his battered body and speaking in court.
D) The jury failed to convict the accused murderers.
C
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Why did the Virginia settlers suffer from inadequate food supplies between 1609 and 1611?
a. They planted unsuitable crops. b. Their crops were struck by disease. c. They faced constant Indian attacks. d. They lacked capable leadership.
The Cherokee Indian cases defined the status of Native American tribes as ?entities under the protection of the U.S government that maintained sovereignty within their own borders
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The Monroe Doctrine was primarily the work of John Quincy Adams.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Women in nineteenth-century western mining towns
A. often greatly outnumbered the men.
B. often found work doing domestic tasks.
C. generally worked as miners.
D. had few economic opportunities outside of prostitution.
E. were nearly all single when they first arrived.