In the U.S. Supreme Court case of Guinn v. United States (1915), the court ruled that

A) poll taxes were illegal.
B) literacy tests were constitutional.
C) the grandfather clause violated the Fifteenth Amendment.
D) the Fourteenth Amendment was unconstitutional.


Answer: C) the grandfather clause violated the Fifteenth Amendment.

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a. at least one month b. about one year c. a generation d. until retirement age, though this is rarely the case e. a lifelong process that begins in childhood

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The economic context of early state formation during the Middle Ages in Europe was characterized by ________

A. declining military expenditures B. increasing agricultural productivity C. decreasing revenue from taxes D. decreasing industrialization and trade E. increasing expenditure on maintaining non-productive colonial institutions

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