Strom Thurmond did not challenge the status quo.
Thurgood Marshall argued cases like <em>Brown v. The Board of Education </em>before the US Supreme Court, and later (in 1967) became a Supreme Court justice -- the first African-American justice to serve on the court.
As president, Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, which abolished racial segregation in the US military.
Jackie Robinson was the first black player to play in Major League Baseball.
Strom Thurmond was a US Senator from South Carolina who sought to protect the status quo against the civil rights movement.
The best description regarding Baron Friedrich von Steuben would be "<span>a. a former Prussian captain who turned a disorderly Continental Army into a skilled fighting force," although he was also involved in the Battle of Yorktown. </span>
The biggest difference between a equinox and solstice is that a solstice is the point during the earths orbit around the sun at which the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator, while during an equinox, it’s at the closest distance from the equator. I’m a solstice the summers are longer, in equinox only happen 2 times a year when the earths axis is tilted.
"D. an <span>openness to new ideas and experiences" is not an element of nationalism, since this would imply that people would be open to welcoming new cultures into their country, which is not the case.</span>
Answer: "In times like these it is immature — and incidentally, untrue — for anybody to brag that an unprepared America, single-handed, and with one hand tied behind its back, can hold off the whole world.” He is saying this because he believes that the United States may want to manage the hassle by itself but would rather not.