Which of the following statements is an accurate description of the universal suffrage movement?
a. It began shortly after the Civil War when President Andrew Johnson permitted whites to determine how the South would reconstruct itself, and in response southern governments created laws to maintain white power, including laws to keep blacks from voting.
b. It began in the 1950s with grassroots mobilization involving powerful speeches, nonviolent methods of protest, and boycotts to draw attention to the lack of civil rights among people due to the lack of universal suffrage.
c. Beginning in the early twentieth century, groups like the NAACP began advocating for universal suffrage through litigation in the courts.
d. Beginning in the nineteenth century, activists lobbied legislators, gave public speeches, organized protest marches and demonstrations, endured arrest and jail, and went on hunger strikes to draw attention to the need for it.
d
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A. To have Congress increase the number of affirmative action programs B. To take race as a factor only in private sector employment opportunities C. To require a quota system for college admissions D. To eliminate requirements for federally funded affirmative action programs E. To face challenges in court on the legality of existing laws surrounding affirmative action programs
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a. liberty. b. pluralism. c. plurality. d. majority rule. e. politics.
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A. horizontal accountability B. vertical accountability C. principal-agent accountability D. bureaucratic accountability
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.