Lobbying is the activity of trying to political officials.
a. trick
b. assist
c. influence
d. coerce

Which best expresses the radical republican philosophy of reconstruction? a. the confederate states were conquered territories that should be ruled by military governors. b. the southern states actually never left the union. c. if ten percent of the voters of a state that had seceded took an oath of allegiance to the union, then it should be readmitted as a state.

Which best explains why the supreme court’s decision in plessy v. ferguson was unconstitutional? the supreme court’s ruling allowed states to deny equal protection to any person within its jurisdiction. since the 14th amendment did not make concessions for people born outside the us, the supreme court’s decision could not be applied. the supreme court’s decision gave individual states the freedom to make their own laws in relation to non-whites. since segregation laws did not provide equal protections or liberties to non-whites, the ruling was not consistent with the 14th amendment.

Recently, there has been pressure to loosen clean air standards. use economic arguments to support or oppose this proposed action.