The Fourteenth Amendment, as an integral part of Reconstruction, was intended to serve two constituencies—first, African Americans in the South, and second

a. southern capitalists, including plantation owners.
b. abolitionists in the North.
c. the Republican majority in Washington, D.C.
d. the state legislatures that constructed Jim Crow laws.


c. the Republican majority in Washington, D.C.

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Microcredit projects and programs assume

a. international NGOs often produce neocolonial dependencies. b. local moneylenders need additional support. c. very poor people have intelligence and skills. d. individual borrowers must bear the repayment responsibility. e. small loans to the poor make sense, but professionals should do other banking activities.

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Following the president's nomination, the _________ conducts hearings on nominees for district court

A) American Bar Association B) House of Representatives C) Senate Judiciary Committee D) solicitor general E) Supreme Court

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Crowdsourcing is ______.

a. a way of amassing information or funds from contributors without compensation for a specific project or cause b. the process of transferring employees and assets from one transnational company to another c. a way of funding impoverished borrowers through the lending of microloans d. none of these

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The first form of grant-in-aid from the national government to the states was

A. cash grants-in-aid. B. block grants. C. revenue sharing. D. categorical grants. E. land grants.

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