Founded in 1909, the NAACP responded to the failure of the political arena to offer adequate remedies to discrimination by
a. turning to the courts for remedies.
b. organizing a march on Washington D.C.
c. organizing a boycott of discriminatory industries.
d. calling for civil disobedience.
e. advocating accommodation and providing education.
ANS: A
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a. There is a spectrum of anarchies ranging from friendship to enmity that vary with the perceptions and norms that states have about themselves and others. b. It attempts to explain changes in behavior over time. c. Security is viewed primarily in the classical sense of violence or war among states. d. Constructivism rejects the search for scientific laws of international politics. e. There is stress on the ultimate subjectivity of interests and their links to changing identities.
What do the Know-Nothings of the 1850s, the Populists of the 1890s, and the Progressives of the 1920s have in common?
A) They were parties that appealed to large corporations. B) They were parties that appealed to labor unions. C) They were parties that resulted from agrarian unrest. D) They were third-party movements. E) They were quite successful in electing candidates to the presidency at least once.