The fourteenth amendment granted citizenship to black citizens, and states were required to ratify this amendment in order to be re-admitted into the union after the civil war. though they passed this amendment in 1868, the house of representatives and senate of georgia soon removed the black members from the assembly, on the grounds that the state constitution did not recognize blacks' rights to hold public office. how did black leaders respond to this removal? they decided to create their own state assembly and make new laws. they assembled in macon to protest and decide what actions to take. they met with president ulysses grant to inform him of their removal. they held another election in hopes of getting reelected to the assembly.

Critically examine the role of caste in politics

Astudent answers 86 problems on a test correctly and receives a grade of 98% how many problems were worth the same number of points

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.