As a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957,
a. President Eisenhower resigned his office, and Vice-President Nixon rose to the presidency.
b. The United States threatened to destroy the satellite with one of its new ICBMs.
c. The United States accelerated its own missile and space program.
d. Funding for math and science education, which had been central to the American education system, was sharply curtailed.
c. The United States accelerated its own missile and space program.
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a. Edo b. Swazi c. Zulu d. Yoruba
Which of the following was generally true of slaves in the South Carolina and Georgia low country?
a. They worked under the task system. b. They were free to determine their own work patterns. c. They were separated into a strict hierarchy of field slaves and house slaves. d. They frequently engaged in work stoppages in an attempt to improve working conditions.
Which of the following statements about the revived Ku Klux Klan is LEAST accurate?
a. Its membership swelled to over 100,000 by the beginning of the 1920s. b. It remained an almost purely southern institution, like its Reconstruction-era predecessor. c. It targeted not only blacks, but also Asians, Catholics, and Jews. d. The antiblack violence which it aroused was targeted especially at black soldiers, a number of whom were killed.
In the Middle Ages, literacy was taught to __________.
A. townswomen as well as men B. boys of noble birth only C. both genders in the towns and on country manors D. boys of all social classes but not women