_____ is a legislative device designed to allow citizens more control over state law, like advocating a specific idea and introducing it on the ballot
A) The primary
B) A referendum
C) A recall
D) An initiative
E) A statute
D
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Critics of the 1828 tariff opposed it because they believed
A) it would lower the selling price of agricultural goods. B) it would benefit the North at the expense of the South. C) it was an unconstitutional extension of federal power. D) it would result in increased imports of cotton and other textiles. E) it would trigger Britain to retaliate by raising tariffs on imported cotton.
Augustus increased the number of Roman citizens by awarding citizenship to
a. conquered peoples. b. all Greeks. c. discharged soldiers. d. non-Roman local officials. e. merchants and tradesmen.
The experiences of World War II were among the major factors leading to the rise of the civil rights movement in the 1950s.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
How did the feminists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony react to the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment?
a. The two encouraged the nation's feminists to support the amendment, stating this was the "Negro's hour" and that women could afford to wait a few years for the vote. b. Although they publicly supported the amendment, private correspondence indicates that both women feared the impact the Negro vote could potentially have on women's suffrage. c. Stanton's support of the amendment and Anthony's opposition led to a temporary split in the women's suffrage movement in the United States. d. Angered that the Constitution was being amended to, in effect, make gender a qualification for voting, they campaigned against ratification of the amendment.