Which of the following was the most important public ritual through which colonists forged their cultural identities?
a. Church attendance
b. Political barbecues
c. Militia musters
d. Barn raisings
a
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Jim Crow laws emerged across the south following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).
a. true b. false
Churchill's March, 1946, speech stated that
a. British troops had preemptively seized the Iranian oil fields. b. Britain was on the verge of financial collapse. c. an "iron curtain" had "descended across the Continent." d. Mao Zedong could not be trusted to keep the peace. e. war with the Soviet Union would take place shortly.
In The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon
A. suggested that the suffering of Africans was a result of their own sin. B. stated that France was meant to rule over Africa because of the civilizing role of the Europeans. C. passionately defended the United States as the only country powerful enough to end world hunger. D. urged the use of violence against colonial oppressors. E. detailed the horrible conditions in Indian cities.
Starting with the election of President Andrew Jackson (1828), voter participation increased due to the
(a) passage of an amendment ending religious qualifications for voting (b) extension of suffrage to Native American Indians (c) end of property requirements for voting by many states (d) arrival of more immigrants from nations with democratic governments