Answer:
In April 1954 diplomats from several nations – including the United States, the Soviet Union, China, France and Great Britain – attended a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The Geneva gathering was made to belive to discuss two Cold War hotspots, Berlin and Korea – but by the time it began the Viet Minh had overrun the French base at Dien Bien Phu, forcing Vietnam onto the agenda. By the start of May, Paris had announced its idea to withdraw from Indochina and dismantle the colonial administration there. The French withdrawal would leave Vietnam without an established national government, placing it at risk of a communist takeover. The Geneva conference was given the unenviable task of arranging for Vietnam’s reunification and self government. The meeting produced a set of resolutions known as the Geneva Accords, a road map for Vietnam’s transition to independence. The Accords were not supported by major players, however, so had little chance of success.
Answer: “The very act of taxing, exercised over those who are not represented, appears to me to be depriving them of one of their most essential rights,” Otis wrote in his 1764 pamphlet, “The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved.” The pamphlet, which argued that Parliament had no authority to tax the colonies.
Explanation:
Swing voters tend to sometimes vote democratic and sometimes vote republican. Therefore, B.
Answer:
It legitimized the establishment of a segregated society in the Southern states.
Explanation:
In the Plessy v. Ferguson Case (1896), the Supreme Court ruled that racially segregated public facilities (common in the Southern States) were legal because they did not imply any discrimination against African Americans as long as they were consistent to the doctrine of "separate but equal" which provided segregated but equal facilities (in terms of quality) to both white and non-white people. As a result, this case legitimized the establishment of a segregated society in the Southern states and allowed for discrimination to continue because, in reality, segregated facilities were rarely equal.
