For which of the following reasons were literacy tests an effective means for state governments to focus disenfranchisement on African-American voters?
a. Because teaching blacks to read and write had recently been illegal in many states
b. Because it required blacks to travel long distances to testing centers
c. Because the test was not given to whites
d. Because African Americans had a different body of literature inspired by their own culture
a. Because teaching blacks to read and write had recently been illegal in many states
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In addition to the structural shift to bipolarity, constructivists point to which reasons for the loss of moderation in the early twentieth-century balance of power?
a. a decrease in nationalism, a rise in desire for peace, and British policy b. an increase in nationalism, a rise in complacency about peace, and German policy c. an increase in nationalism, a rise in military strength among states, and German policy d. an increase in nationalism, a rise in complacency about peace, and French policy