The amendments to state constitutions which were passed in the 1890s and early 1900s to disenfranchise blacks generally included all of the following provisions EXCEPT
a. a poll tax levied on all voters.
b. a requirement that voters had to demonstrate the ability to read or understand the state constitution.
c. the denial of voting rights to convicts.
d. the explicit denial of voting rights to anyone whose father or grandfather had not been qualified to vote before the Civil War.
d. the explicit denial of voting rights to anyone whose father or grandfather had not been qualified to vote before the Civil War.
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A. the will of God B. the pope C. his religious affiliation D. a biblical prophecy
Examine the beliefs on which the Reagan administration's foreign policy was based, the actions that those beliefs inspired, and the domestic and international consequences of those actions.
What will be an ideal response?
The U.S. government reacted to the launching of Sputnik by __________.
a) increasing federal funding for science education b) closing down defense plants and military bases c) increasing state control over public education d) accommodating Christian teaching to the atomic age
When the Mexica migrated to central Mexico they
A. imposed their own traditions on the societies of Mesoamerica. B. were not influenced by the traditions of the societies of Mesoamerica. C. largely copied the existing brilliant Inca traditions. D. dramatically improved the limited cultural achievements of their Mesoamerican predecessors. E. adopted cultural and religious traditions shared by the peoples of Mesoamerica.