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.
Answer:
A different Enlightenment thought.
Explanation:
The Declaration of Independence features the Enlightenment ideas of a <u><em>social contract</em></u> (power exchange between citizens and the government to ensure a citizens protection), <u><em>popular sovereignty</em></u> (the idea that the government's power comes from the people, so the people have the right to rule the government), and unalienable <u><em>natural rights</em></u> (rights we are all born with. In the Declaration of Independence, these rights are defines as the right to live, pursue of happiness, and be free [liberty]).
NO they wouldn't. Think about it if your neighbors are fighting would you get in it no unless they started messing with your stuff
Several disputes arose between President Abraham Lincoln and Congress regarding who had the responsibility to develop a Reconstruction plan for the South. According to Lincoln, the South had rebelled, not SECEDED. Therefore, he felt that as President of the United States, he alone had the authority to enforce laws and reconstruct the South. Congress viewed the South as a defeated military territory. Congress exercised POLITICAL control over such FOREIGN territories. Therefore, Congress believed that the responsibility for reconstructing the South fell to them.
