Disenfranchisement in the post-Reconstruction South included efforts made by the southern states to prevent African American citizens from voting. State governments issued poll taxes, knowing the recently freed blacks could not afford to pay taxes, and
required potential voters to pass literacy tests, knowing most blacks could not read. This was their way of keeping African Americans
out of the political system.

This passage describes a few methods that some states used to disenfranchise voters. This disenfranchisement was in direct violation of?

A. Jim Crow laws.
B. the Fifteenth Amendment.
C. grandfather clauses.
D. de jure segregation.

For in this unit, you read about transitions of power and the formation of newly independent nations in africa, asia, the americas, and the middle east. some of these transitions were peaceful, while others caused long-term instability. why do you think some countries were more successful than others with political transitions? what do you think were the biggest challenges facing newly independent countries? would it have been possible for leaders to prevent these problems before they happened? why or why not?

What is the difference between an independent and a dependent variable?

Igor stravinksy’s ballet, the rite of spring, featured clashing music, harsh sounds and deliberately ugly dancing. upon its premier, theater goers literally rioted in the seats of the venue. historians argue this moment is a “breaking point” where europe proves it is destined to be plunged into world war i. why would historians make such a claim? a people were genuinely angry that someone so bad at composing could make a ballet b the ballet represents colonialism. it showed the consequences of centuries of exploitation of non-european people. c the ballet represents the changing ideologies of modernity. the youth of europe breaking all the old rules and the old guard clinging on to the last bits of power d the ballet represents war itself. it drudged up old rivalries between the french and german peoples, inciting the lust for combat.