To make it hard for poor blacks to vote without falling afoul of the Fifteenth Amendment, many southern states required citizens to pay __________, which disproportionately disenfranchised African Americans
Answer:
poll taxes
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b. Department of Homeland Security. c. Department of State. d. Department of National Intelligence. e. Federal Bureau of Investigations.
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a. a. participant, subject, and parochial b. b. participant, subject, and religious c. c. voter, subject, and parochial d. d. participant, subject, and secular
Article IV, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution contains the full faith and credit clause. What does this clause guarantee?
A) The states must have full faith that the federal government's decisions are correct. B) The federal government is a guaranteed lender to the state governments for operational funds. C) Each state will abide by the civil laws of each other state, including judicial decisions made by each state. D) The federal government has the power to mediate disputes among states regarding religion. E) The federal government is committed to matters of faith and must ensure that the right to religious faith is upheld.
Executive as a structure of a political system refers to ______.
A. an entire branch of government that performs actions on behalf of the state B. the office or position that an individual might hold C. an individual holding an executive position D. all of these are true