Which of the following events contributed most to an increase in the number of African American public officials?
A. The legal end of segregation in public schools
B. The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment
C. The passage of major civil rights legislation in the 1960s
D. The refinement of the constitutional requirements for office in the latter 1800s
E. The lowering of the legal voting age to 18
Answer: C
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a. which convinced European countries to institute similar sanctions to coerce Iranian behavior. b. but Iran retaliated by withholding oil from the market, which caused inflation in the United States. c. but political repercussions in the United States caused financial instability and a capital flight from American markets. d. but they backed down when faced with European threats of retaliation through other linkages. e. but Iran threatened military action against its neighbors, which destabilized the region and brought a withdrawal of sanctions from the United States.
Which of the following factors has been measured when those studying voting behavior have utilized the psychological approach?
A) party identification B) candidates C) issues D) all of the above E) only A and C are correct