In the South after Reconstruction, which of the following was used to prevent African Americans from having a meaningful impact on the outcome of elections?

a. Jim Crow laws
b. white primaries
c. majority-minority districts
d. affirmative action

b

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The doctrines of nullification and secession were put to rest with the Union victory in the __________

a. Revolutionary War b. Civil War c. First World War d. Vietnam War

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What was the result of Plessy v. Ferguson?

A) Legally sanctioned segregation remained intact until well into the middle of the twentieth century. B) Legally sanctioned segregation was overruled in law schools in the South. C) Segregation was only deemed legal when it occurred in private instances as opposed to when state and local governments sanctioned it. D) Segregation was no longer sanctioned in the North but remained legal in the South into the middle of the twentieth century. E) Segregation was not legal in any states admitted to the Union after the ruling came down.

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