Grandfather clauses were designed to prevent poor and illiterate African Americans from voting.
This term was coined in the 19th century when new rules for literacy tests, poll taxes and requirements for voting were established.
Some white people who did not fulfill the requirements were still allowed to vote because their ancestors ( grandfathers ) had the right to vote. This was a way to make voting possible for white Americans, and to make voting almost impossible for black people.
Today, this term applies to a provision in which an old rule continues to apply to some existing situation while a new rule will apply to future cases.
Two women founded the National Woman Suffrage Association, they were Elizabeth Stanton and Susan Anthony. The primary goal of the NWSA was to gain women's right to vote, along with anybody of any race. They initially wanted the fifteenth amendment to grant women's right to vote, but when it got passed it only allowed men of any race to vote, not women.
The best answer is B) It attempted to stop some of the worst abuses of the Catholic Church.
Although the Catholic Church did denounce Protestant movements, such as the Calvinists, as non-Christian, they also tried to implement many reforms in order to limit corruption and other factors that had created a divide between the church and the people. This mainly took place at the Council of Trent.
Answer: It is C
Explanation:
I took the quiz and said it was C as the correct answer
