Following the Civil War, legal barriers to voting were still used in Texas to prevent certain groups from access to elections. List these legal barriers and discuss how they created obstacles to voting.
What will be an ideal response?
the grandfather clause, the literacy test, the poll tax, and the white primary.
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a. performance evaluation review technique. b. management by objectives. c. critical path method. d. strategic analysis.
When one uses civil disobedience and sit-ins in an attempt to influence government policy, one is utilizing interest group activity
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In the 2012 presidential election,
a. President Obama won a narrow reelection only after the Supreme Court awarded him Florida’s disputed electoral votes. b. President Obama won a smashing reelection as his campaign spending enabled him to develop a message that attracted broad political majorities. c. President Obama maintained the status quo after spending nearly US$6 billion and months of saturation campaigning. d. because third-party candidates siphoned off a large number of votes, it was the first presidential election since 1824 to be decided in the House of Representatives.
Advocates of the teaching of intelligent design alongside or in place of evolution have had some success in ____________ but have had very little success in ____________.
A. persuading teachers; persuading school administrators B. convincing the scientific community; convincing the public C. winning court cases; getting laws passed by state legislatures D. getting laws passed by state legislatures; winning court cases E. persuading teachers and convincing the scientific community; persuading school administrators or convincing the public.