The poll tax was the federal government's way of encouraging blacks to vote.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: False

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One of the first important political effects of the American Revolution was:

A) ensuring Tories a legitimate political voice. B) the emergence of radical democratic ideology. C) a decline in the participation of ordinary people in the political process. D) universal commitment to abolition of slavery.

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In the colonies, the first major law specifically concerning slavery:

A) dealt with marriage between whites and nonwhites. B) stipulated that all African Americans in Virginia could not live free of white control. C) stated that slaves had to have written permission to leave their plantations. D) established color as the defining distinction between indentured servitude and slavery. E) stated that if a mother was a slave from Africa, her child was to be a slave as well.

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Section 14b of the taft-hartley act permitted states to ban the union shop and made right to work laws possible

a. true b. false

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Jihad is considered by some to be one of the pillars of Islam; it is best defined as

a. an act of judgment. b. a just and holy war. c. a holy pilgrimage. d. a formal prayer.

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