If you were a poor, illiterate, white, Southern farmer, which of the following would help ensure your ability to vote after the Civil War?
a. poll taxes
b. literacy tests
c. boycotts
d. grandfather clauses
Question -2-Which of the following strategies for expanding civil rights would the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. have been most likely to support?
a. sabotaging the electricity supply to the homes of segregationist leaders
b. intimidating elderly whites to discourage them from supporting Jim Crow laws
c. boycotting stores that enforced segregationist policies
d. boycotting elections to underscore the problem of African American disenfranchisement
Question -3-Which of the following affirmative action programs would be a clear violation of the Supreme Court's decision in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)?
a. considering race as a factor in university admissions decisions
b. considering how an applicant would contribute to the diversity of the university
c. setting aside a certain percentage of admissions slots for African American students
d. admitting some minority applicants with lower academic achievement than some rejected white applicants
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