What were the two major obstacles African Americans faced in securing their rights?
A. The structure of government made it hard to change policy and politicians would not engage in costly behavior without an expected return.
B. The constitutional guarantee of slavery and the unwillingness of politicians to take tough action.
C. The unwillingness of the British government to use its emancipation powers in the states and the constitutional guarantee of slavery.
D. The inability to raise the taxes necessary to compensate slave-owners and the fact that politicians would not engage in costly behavior without an expected return.
Answer: A
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a. stronger, better financed, and more professional now than in the recent past. b. much weaker today than they were in the 1960s and 1970s. c. no longer relevant in American elections. d. increasingly corrupt and out of touch with average Americans.
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a. bicameral
b. direct
c. unicameral
d. unified
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