In 1939 and 1940, African Americans were __________
A) excluded from new employment opportunities created by the global crisis
B) given preferred status for defense industry hiring
C) kept out of the military altogether
D) uninterested in the growing conflict in Europe and Asia
Answer: A
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a. Umayyads. b. Abbasids. c. Seleucids. d. Sufis.
At about the same time, _________, a relative of Cortés, conceived of a plan to conquer the Andean empire of the Incas after hearing rumors about an empire of gold and silver to the south.
a. Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca b. Francisco Pizarro c. Pedro de Valdivia d. Juan Ponce de León
The civil service exams were based upon the Confucian, Doan, and Buddhist classics and it was during this development of education and scholarly achievement of the Song that a new form of philosophy began to emerge, Neo-Confucianism.
a. true b. false
In 1979, the Carter administration responded to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan by
A. imposing economic sanctions on the Soviet Union. B. mobilizing NATO airstrikes. C. cutting off all diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. D. convincing most of its Western European allies to boycott the 1980 summer Olympic Games. E. withdrawing the SALT I treaty from Senate consideration.