Which was not a goal of the August 28, 1963, March on Washington?
What will be an ideal response?
an end to the use of the Grandfather Clause restricting suffrage
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What statement best describes the impact of Stalin's economic policies?
a. They completely overtaxed a war-damaged industrial plant. b. They were unrealistic since Russia lacked accessible natural resources and fossil fuels. c. They managed to produce both "guns and butter," that is rearmed the Soviet military while providing cheap and plentiful consumer goods. d. They instituted modified free-market capitalism in all economic areas but heavy industry. e. They emphasized the development of heavy industry and the production of modern weapons and space vehicles.
European observers compared the Topkapi harem to
A. a Christian convent. B. the lowest pit of Hell. C. a brothel. D. a small village. E. the papal palace.
Why was most slave resistance before the late-eighteenth century generally not part of a coordinated attempt by blacks to destroy the entire institution?
A) Ideas of natural human rights and equality of all would not spread until the American Revolution. B) Most slaves could not read or write and therefore could not communicate with each other. C) Slaves were so psychologically damaged during slavery that they simply failed to resist their masters in any way. D) Slaves really didn't understand the nature of slavery and therefore could not attempt to break it down in any organized way.
After serving four terms in the Illinois legislature and one term in Congress, Abraham Lincoln was propelled back into politics by the shock of
a. the Kansas-Nebraska bill b. the Dred Scott decision. c. John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. d. Bleeding Kansas. e. the Fugitive Slave Law.