An "understanding" or "good moral character" test was often used in the South to do what?

a. let whites avoid literacy tests
b. ensure that voting citizens were honest
c. ensure that candidates were not corrupt
d. determine who could serve as registrar of elections

ANS: A

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Why might authoritarianism have spread in newly independent nations around the early midtwentieth century?

A) Though colonialists had encouraged democracy; there was a lack of individualism and market economies, levels of education and income were low. B) Colonialists had never encouraged democracy; there was too much individualism and levels of education and income were low. C) Colonialists had never encouraged democracy; there was a lack of individualism and market economies, and levels of education and income were low. D) Though colonialists had encouraged democracy, and there was a tradition of individualism and market economies, levels of education and income were low.

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