Placing the minority party into as few districts as possible to minimize the number of legislators it can elect is a practice known as

. Dennis is an African American man living in Texas. Which of the following events would he have celebrated in 1966?

a. the abolition of the white primary system b. the U.S. Supreme Court rejecting the dual-ballot concept in Texas c. minorities being granted primary election suffrage by the Texas Democratic Party d. the Texas government being limited by federal law from engaging in racial gerrymandering

Which of the following statements is true of the U.S. policies toward Native Americans?

A) Till date, the citizen rights spelled out in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution have not been extended to Native Americans. B) In 1830, Congress instructed the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to remove all tribes to reservations east of the Mississippi River. C) The main goal of the U.S. government in the late 1880s was to assimilate Native Americans into American society. D) Under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, Native Americans were banned from having gambling operations. E) The Northwest Ordinance stated that lands and property of Native Americans would belong to the American government.