1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
OLEGan [10]
3 years ago
9

In an attempt to block the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the former Republican senator from South Carolina Strom Thurmond spoke for

24 hours and 18 minutes on the Senate floor. This set the record for the Senate's longest _________.
Social Studies
1 answer:
Simora [160]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

The longest filibuster.

Explanation:

A filibuster is a political tactic where one or more members of the parliament discuss the matter of debate for a long time, to delay the final decision.

Senator Strom Thurmond holds the record, however, this tactic has been widely used in the past, as far as the roman empire. When the roman senator Cato the Younger was opposed to any legislation he would often delay the measures, by pronouncing a speech that lasted until nightfall.

As an interesting fact, despite senator Thurmond's fierce opposition, The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was still passed by the US Congress and was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

You might be interested in
Why did James Madison favor giving the larger states representation according to population?
suter [353]

Answer: because he did not want the small states to wield disproportionate power

Explanation:

5 0
1 year ago
Read 2 more answers
How does the term gestalt relate to the psychological study of perception? perception is a gestalt branch of psychology, meaning
fiasKO [112]
The answer is <span>Perception involves more than simply combining sensory stimuli; therefore, perception is studied as Gestalt.
According to gestalt view, every individuals had the ability to develop our own mind self-organization whcih will influence how we response to a certain stimulus and how to analyze it in order to produce the best possible decisiion.</span>
4 0
3 years ago
According to this chart, the Bubonic Plague was spread to other countries in all of the following ways except:
solong [7]

Answer: camels transported the plague

Explanation:got it right

3 0
3 years ago
Allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\
bulgar [2K]

The right answer is C.

4 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
While piaget proposed that formal operational thought is not fully settled in until around 15 years of age, evidence suggests th
serg [7]
The answer to this question is  40-60% ; 25%
Other estimation is based not based on the raw intellegence possesed but rather based on whether they could use the intelligence for real life purpose. Studies shows that even though young adults already fully developed the capability for formal operational thinking , onle a quarter of them actually got used to doing it.
3 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Based on Sara Gudger's description, what was life<br> like for an enslaved person?
    6·1 answer
  • How do most Igbo who live in Nigeria make their living?
    15·1 answer
  • How should human resource be developed?What provisions should a nation have in its development? write critically.
    11·1 answer
  • Jackie is a well-behaved ninth grader who is reading four grade levels below the rest of the ninth-grade class. Mr. Atom, the sc
    10·1 answer
  • Paraphrase how the appellate courts work in Texas. What types of cases do they hear?
    11·1 answer
  • According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare support occupations and technical occupations are projected to have the
    11·1 answer
  • Which of these was a major achievement for the Trustees during the Trustee Period of Georgia?
    12·2 answers
  • 43:40
    14·2 answers
  • PLEASE HELP THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT I WILL GIVE YOU BRAIN THING IF ITS CORRECT!
    15·1 answer
  • The marketing department of the Fitrite shoe company surveyed people who had never bought Fitrite shoes. The top 4 reasons for n
    15·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!