With the end of the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, it seemed like African Americans would finally obtain certain fundamental rights, such as the right to vote and equal protection under the law. What strategies did white southerners (and some northerners) use to continue to deny African Americans these rights? How were these rights ultimately achieved?
What will be an ideal response?
the subsequent Jim Crow laws that segregated the races as well as the various obstacles to voting that were put in place (for example, literacy tests and poll taxes). They might also mention that whites often threatened or used violence against African Americans. The answer to the second part of the question should focus on the various court battles, such as Brown v. Board of Education, and the strategies used by the civil rights movement.
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A. income taxes. B. sales taxes. C. indirect taxes. D. regressive taxes.
What was President Woodrow Wilson's position toward women's suffrage?
A) He was afraid women would vote against Democratic interests and constituencies and so opposed it, and then changed his tune when his opponent supported women's right to vote. B) He was adamantly opposed to it. C) He was conflicted, because he liked the idea of educated women voting but thought most women were too uninformed to vote. D) He was morally opposed to the idea of women voting, but he thought they might support the platform of the Democrats, so he wanted women to vote. E) He had always supported women's suffrage because he had a great deal of respect for his mother, a college professor.