Identify some of the ways that African Americans were discouraged from participating in elections.

What will be an ideal response?


? Literacy tests? Poll tax? Grandfather clause? White primary

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Each of the following people could be an extremist EXCEPT a

a) radical. b) reactionary. c) moderate. d) leftist.

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James Madison thought that average citizens ______.

a. had a great republican virtue b. should participate in policymaking as much as possible c. had performed responsibly under the Articles of Confederation and should be given more power d. were not likely to put the community’s interests above their individual interests e. should be relegated as subjects under a monarchy

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It was not until Mapp v. Ohio (1961) that the Supreme Court extended the Fourth Amendment __________ to state criminal prosecutions by way of the Fourteenth Amendment

a. exclusionary rule b. probable cause requirement c. particularity requirement d. warrant clause

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What type of primary allows a voter to choose on election day which primary they will participate?

A) closed primary B) semi-closed primary C) open primary D) crossover voting primary

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