The poll tax was primarily initiated to __________.
A. have a means of paying for state government's cost of holding elections
B. keep the poor and minorities from participating in elections
C. to keep women from participating in election
D. to comply with the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Answer: B
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Which of the following factors is believed to be the cause of the persistence of nondemocracy in the Arab world, according to the geopolitical perspective?
A. the fact that the Koran does not stipulate the separation of religion and politics B. the fact that there are multiple schools of Islamic law with different notions regarding democracy C. the fact that female subordination characterizes a high proportion of women in the Islamic countries D. the fact that a primordial link exists between Islam and non-democracy E. the fact that Western democracies prefer the non-democratic stability in the Arab world as it ensures access to oil
Based on its original meaning, the United States as a whole is a(n) ________ country, and all popular American ideologies are variants of this ideology
A) ?liberal B) ?conservative C) ?elitist D) ?socialist E) libertarian