The Voting Rights Act, passed in the 1960s,
A) allowed African Americans to take advantage of their right to vote.
B) gave suffrage to women.
C) gave African Americans the right to vote.
D) lowered the legal voting age to 18.
E) removed voting rights from officials who denied citizens the right to vote.
A
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a. naming the prime minister and other high level government officials. b. directing the armed forces and controlling the country's nuclear forces. c. conducting foreign affairs. d. dissolving the National Assembly and calling for new elections. e. appointing the nine members of the Constitutional Council.
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A. political gladiators B. activists C. voting specialists D. inactives
Which of the following is NOT a caste or class of the Indian caste system?
A) Vaisyas B) Brahmans C) Untouchables D) Sudras
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a. malaria b. smallpox c. sickle-cell disease d. tuberculosis e. HIV-AIDS