Why did southern states enact poll taxes?
A. to raise revenue for the government
B. to ensure that only people who really want to vote would do so
C. to circumvent the Fifteenth Amendment
D. because literacy is necessary for democracy to function
Answer: C
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a. a bargain in which the power of the multinational company increases in terms of its bargaining with the host country. b. a bargain in which the power of the multinational company diminishes in terms of its bargaining with the host country. c. a bargain between a multinational company and a host country that has a built-in termination date. d. a bargain between a multinational company and a host country that has a planned, scheduled turnover of assets to the host country. e. a bargain between a multinational company and a host country in which the host country earns a regularly higher percentage of the corporation's profits.
Which of the following topics is on the agenda of the Doha Round of WTO trade negotiations?
A) Forestry B) Industrial products C) Electronics D) Maritime treaties
The federal government expanded its support for local education from 4.4 percent in 1960 to 9 percent in 1980
a. and continues to support about the same percentage. b. but dropped below 6 percent in 2002 due to the war in Iraq. c. but increased to about 10 percent today. d. but increased to 15 percent in 2006 due to a booming economy and a desire by the Congress to gain thesupport of teachers in their re-election campaigns.
Dr. Marion Sims
a. conducted medical experiments on slave women in the United States south prior to the Civil War. b. is regarded as one of the founders of gynecological medicine. c. Both A and B are true. d. None of the above is true.