In South Carolina v. Katzenbach ( and similarly and much more recently, in 2013, in Shelby County v. Holder) South Carolina filed a complaint with the Supreme Court challenging the Voting Rights Act as unconstitutionalon respect to state´s rights. Many outhern states follow suit. This provoked the Supreme Court to pass judgement before the elections of 1966, upholding the Voting Rights Act and thus enabling almost a million of African Americans to register to vote.
Many early Virginia cities developed along the Fall Line, the natural border between the Tidewater<span> and </span>Piedmont<span> regions where the land rises sharply and where the waterfalls prevent further travel on the river. Each river was a source of food and provided a pathway for exploration and settlement of Virginia.</span>
B. Righting to your representative is showing taking action which is obviously a form of participation. Joining a party is seeking out a party you agree with more and acting. Canvassing is direct contact with individuals so it is participation. Reading a newspaper is only helping yourself, and shows no action being taken.
New York, Washington, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Ohio
San Francisco was in 1776 and San Gabriel in 1771