I believe it was the Arab Oil Embargo, because during this time we weren’t receiving as much oil so the speed limit had to go down to 55mph to preserve what we did have.
The correct answer is D.
Direct democracy is exercised when voters, instead of electing political representatives that would govern and conduct policymaking on their behalf, are directly involved and can choose to support those policies that they consider to be more appropiate. <u>Option D is the only situation in which the policy choice is directly made by citizens. </u>
<em>Options A, B or C cannot be correct because in all of them the decision-making is performed by a body or an institution constituted by representatives that have been elected by citizens: the Congress, the town hall or the President. </em>
Nowadays, most democracies in the world are representative democracies were citizens whose representatives through suffrage, in opposition to direct democracies.
America's view in the Vietnam was fear. Fear drove them to participate in the war. Why fear? They were afraid Vietnam would become communist because if they became communist they would support or have the support from the Soviets. If this were to happen Vietnam could've became a missile launching spot for the soviets if America wouldn't have participated.
It's my best explanation from what I remember and from what I think. Hope it's helpful to you.
The 24th amendment was important to the Civil Rights Movement as it ended mandatory poll taxes that prevented many African Americans. Poll taxes, combined with grandfather clauses and intimidation, effectively prevented African Americans from having any sort of political power, especially in the South. When the 24th amendment passed, five southern states, Virginia, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi still had poll taxes. Most Southern states, at one time or another had poll taxes and in severe cases, had cumulative poll taxes that required the voter to pay taxes not just from that year, but also previous years they had not voted.
