What are grandfather clauses? Why were they enacted?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Define grandfather clauses as provisions that allowed Southerners to vote even if they could not afford the poll tax or pass the literacy test, as long as the voters' grandfathers could vote before Reconstruction.
2. Note that grandfather clauses were passed because poll taxes and literacy tests were disenfranchising too many poor, illiterate whites, while the real aim was to disenfranchise African Americans. Grandfather clauses minimized the number of whites who were disenfranchised.
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Discuss the roles and results of gerrymandering and malapportionment in state legislatures.
What will be an ideal response?
Which major world power never ratified the Kyoto Protocol?
A) China B) France C) Germany D) India E) The United States
A suspect classification is one that ______.
a. makes a group’s claims of discrimination suspect b. treats people differently because of a classification such as race c. is a classification used to place suspected racists on a watch list d. is a method of classifying suspects as to whether their crimes are hate crimes e. is used for situations involving handicapped persons
The 1997 Asian crisis started when currency speculators began selling off the currencies of __________.
A. China, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Taiwan B. Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, and Malaysia C. Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines D. Japan, China, Taiwan, and South Korea