In the case Shaw v. Reno (1993), the Supreme Court:
A) ruled that states had the right to draw their congressional districts any way they saw fit.
B) invalidated an effort by North Carolina's legislature to guarantee that one congressional district would have a majority of black voters.
C) rejected federal affirmative action statutes.
D) ruled that Affirmative Action was a constitutional remedy for past racial discrimination.
Answer: B
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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a. Property is the basis of freedom but slaves themselves are property. b. Men hold social dominance over women regardless of respective races. c. Equality for white men was built upon the enslavement of black men. d. American colonists fought against British slavery while owning slaves of their own.
Selim's restructuring of Ottoman forces led to __________.
A) rebellion by the Janissaries. B) strengthening of the Ottoman Empire. C) defeat of the British. D) defeat of the Russians.
Which of the following was the largest of the communal utopian experiments in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century?
a. Brook Haven b. The Davidians c. The Shakers d. New Harmony