Where was the Vichy Regime?
A. Germany
B. France
C. Great Britain
D. The Netherlands
How did woman use their positions in the work force to demand rights
Identify bias why did many southerners dislike the people they termed "scalawags" and "carpetbaggers"?
What resource did adolf hitler want to capture by attacking the southertn soviet union?
Alexander hamilton stood for a flexible reading of the constitution, but thomas jefferson stood for
In what way were the American Indian Movement and the civil rights movement most similar?
Answer:
B (to win greater rights for all native americans)
D ( native americans believed that existing Us. laws did not adequately protect them from violence)
C ( Both focused on achieving goals for a certain minority group)
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Jackie robinson first rose to national prominence in the late 1940's when he
Final answer:
Jackie Robinson made history in 1947 by breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. His actions helped to desegregate professional sports and contributed to the broader civil rights movement. Robinson's legacy goes beyond sports, as he also championed for greater racial equality in coaching and management positions within baseball.
Explanation:
Jackie Robinson first rose to national prominence in the late 1940s when he helped bring an end to racial segregation in Major League Baseball. Jackie Robinson, a star athlete from UCLA, challenged the racial barriers of the time when he became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball on April 15, 1947. Robinson's debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers broke the color line and paved the way for other African American athletes to participate in the major leagues. Option B
He exhibited tremendous courage and restraint in the face of adversity and discrimination, both on and off the field. His impact extended beyond baseball as he advocated for African Americans to have opportunities as coaches and managers in the sport.
Throughout his career, Robinson proved to be an inspiring figure, not only for his exceptional skills as a baseball player but also for his significant role in the civil rights movement. His integration into Major League Baseball was a symbolic victory over segregation, and it contributed to broader changes in American society. For his athletic prowess and social contributions, Robinson earned the title of National League Rookie of the Year in 1947, led the Dodgers to multiple pennants, and ultimately contributed to their World Series victory in 1955.
How did Charles ll influence the nation??
Following the execution of his father in 1649, Charles was invited to Scotland to be crowned king of that nation, the Scottish Covenanters under Archibald Campbell, 8th Earl of Argyll, having fallen out with the English Parliamentarians. He was crowned at Scone in 1650, but was soon chafing under the restrictions placed upon him by his new "subjects." A Scottish invasion of England in 1651, led by the new King, ended disastrously at Worcester, where the combined Scottish-English Royalist forces were routed by Oliver Cromwell; Charles, after a brief but gallant attempt to rally his troops, fled, finally finding refuge on the Continent after a series of harrowing adventures which were later to become an integral part of his "legend." He spent the next 9 years in exile, surviving mostly upon the charity of foreign monarchs, and apparently with little chance of regaining his birthright.
In 1665, he committed England to a war with the Dutch which began promisingly, but ended disastrously in 1667; the price of this failure was the political existence of Clarendon, whom Charles seems to have been quite willing to scapegoat for the defeat. Clarendon fled into exile in France, where he spent the remainder of his life preparing his History of the Great Rebellion for publication. Charles, meanwhile, appointed a new administration headed by Henry Bennet, the Earl of Arlington; this was often referred to as the "Cabal" ministry by contemporaries, a reference both to the initials of the administration's chief ministers, and to the supposedly sinister and secretive nature of their policies. In fact, Charles himself was very much in command, and, in 1670, signed the Treaty of Dover with the French which included a secret parallel treaty that was kept hidden even from Arlington. The secret portions of the treaty made provision for clandestine financial support from Louis XIV, in return for which Charles was to convert to Roman Catholicism, and prepare for the conversion of England in the future. Charles gladly accepted the money; he showed little sign, however, of either changing faiths himself, or of leading England back into the Popish fold.
Ideologically, Charles probably tended towards the absolutism so characteristic of all of the Stuarts, but he was not so foolish as to pursue royal power nakedly. Where his father and brother might insist publicly upon the Crown's absolute independence with regard to Parliament and nation, Charles worked clandestinely, finally achieving this independence by means of a series of secret deals and under-the-table payments from the French king, Louis XIV. His apparently complete victory over the Whig Exclusionists after 1682 was the fruit of opportunism rather than of careful planning or the single-minded pursuit of an idealized conception of monarchy. Samuel Pepys's comment in 1667 on attempts to establish a standing army that would help enforce the Royal will is telling if not perhaps entirely fair: "the design is, and the Duke of York [i.e., Charles's brother James] is hot for it, to have a land army and so make the government like that of France: but our princes have not brains, or at least care and forecast, enough to do that."
Indeed, Charles's competence as both a political manager and national leader are very much open to debate. Some have seen him as a wily and astute, if unscrupulous, manipulator both of public opinion and of the political scene; others have characterized him as one who merely staggered from crisis to crisis, succeeding, ultimately, more by dint of good luck than by ability. Certainly his policies, both domestic and foreign, through the later 1660s and 1670s were fairly disastrous: England fared poorly in two wars against the Dutch, and found its foreign policy increasingly dictated by France. On the domestic front, resentment against the apparently arbitrary and pro-Catholic policies of his governments simmered for nearly two decades before finally exploding into a real threat against his rule with the Popish Plot crisis that erupted in 1678. Mismanagement of finances, and of Parliament, also forced Charles, in 1672, to issue a Stop on the Exchequer – a de facto declaration of government bankruptcy.
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What legislation did congress pass the day after franklin roosevelt inauguration?
What effect did the Napoleonic Wars have on the European community?
They made the European community unite against Napoleon.
They made the European community extremely wealthy.
They made the European community break apart.
They made the European community suspicious of non-Europeans.
They made the European community unite against Napoleon.
One the one hand , we have the revolutionary vision of Napoleon of bringing new ideas into neighbouring and distant European nations. Napoleon himself declared_"I wished to found a European system...a European Code of Laws, ..: there would be but one people in Europe," With the Napoleonic Wars, the nations had to assemble in order to balance power, thus, giving birth to famous treaties and conventions such as the Treaty of Paris and Vienna. With increasingly many political opponents, the Europeans tried to banish the specter of Napoleon and its influence so either from the perspective of Napoleon or his opponents, a common European space was born.
What key middle eastern leader took a moderate approach toward israel, which ended up costing him his life?
What countries were part of the Crusades?
Mtv, the wellness movement, and watergate affected which generation?
Which option best summarizes what is expected of citizens in a dictatorship
What political pattern is seen throughout Russia’s history
who or what challenged negative ideas about African Americans?
Answer:
W.E.B Dubois
Explanation:
A p e x
The crop-lien system:
a. became better as farm prices increased in the 1870s.
b. applied only to african-american farmers.
c. kept many sharecroppers in a state of constant debt and poverty.
d. annoyed bankers and merchants who resented how it made them dependent on farmers.
e. enabled yeoman farmers to continue to function under the same system as before the civil war.
Answer:
The answer is c.) kept many sharecroppers in a state of constant debt and poverty.
Explanation:
De acordo com o texto de Danilo Marcondes, explique por que podemos contrapor mito/dogmatismo e filosofia/crítica.
Beginning in the 1800s, the British government appointed viceroys in India to
represent the interests of the crown.
command a private company army.
set up trade posts and textile factories.
oppose the government known as the raj.
never mind the correct answer is represent the interest of the crown
How has the number of christians in bethlehem changed in recent years?
What name is given to the combined countries of norway, sweden, finland, and iceland?
The principle of ________ gives the federal government the power to override any state or local law in one particular area of policy. cooperative federalism grant-in-aid preemption dual federalism home rule
Answer:
preemption
Explanation:
The principle of federal preempition is the principle by which the fedarl government has the power to override any local or state law if it sees that it is against the federal law, this is because in the constitution it states that all of the states that form the United States shall be under the federal law, and they can´t act against the federal law, if a state does something that is unconstitutional or goes against the federal law, the federal government can override that local or state law.
Why did Christianity threaten the Romans? How did they punish them?
The framers of the constitution adopted montesquieu's notion of a "mixed regime" when they
a. adopted a federal rather than a unitary system.
b. gave the president the veto power.
c. balanced republican virtue and self-interest.
d. gave each of the branches a distinctly different constituency.
in dred scott v. sanford, the court ruled that congress could not ban slavery in the territories, and that blacks were
1. In Linnaeus's time, all living things were grouped into two kingdoms. Later, there were five kingdomes, and now we have six kingdoms. What is the main reason for this increase in the number of kingdoms? (1 point)
Which of these events represented a threat to U.S. national security interests during the 1950s?
Select one:
a. the launch of Sputnik in 1957
b. the coup in Guatemala in 1954
c. the communist takeover in Cuba in 1959
d. the withdrawal of France from Vietnam in 1954
The correct answer is C) the communist takeover in Cuba in 1959.
The event that represented a threat to U.S. national security interests during the 1950s was the communist takeover in Cuba in 1959.
The Soviet Union presence in Cuba, supporting the leadership of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, represented a threat to U.S. national security interests in the region. Cuba is so close to the Florida peninsula, and the presence of the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba worried the US government so much. This was one of the tensest moments between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War years.
how did capitalism help the U.S. win the space race?
The principal historic event shaping the 1866 texas constitution was
Why do you think the fulfillment of MacArthur’s promise to return was such a boost to American morale?
General Douglas MacArthur was an American 5 Star General who occupied the position of Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the decade of 1930. He also played a key role in the campaigns of the far east during the Second World War.
After a series of defeats against the Japanese, MacArthur was forced to withdraw from the Philippines and relocate to Australia. However, upon his arrival in Australia, the "promised to return" to the Philippines. After 2 years of constant fighting along the Pacific, he eventually fulfilled his promise. This was a tremendous boost in the morale of American Soldiers and was the stepping stone for the eventual victory of the Americans over the Japanese.