Answer: That the colonies should break away from British rule
Explanation: It was at a time where the British were unfair to the 13 colonies.
Native Americans played lacrosse for these purposes:
- for physical training
- to settle disputes
- for healing as a part of spiritual beliefs
- for recreation
Further details:
The game was seen as a way of training and toughening young warriors, giving them strength and agility needed for battle.
It was also seen as a pre-battle sort of activity or even something done instead of actual battle. A game of lacrosse might be used as a way of settling a dispute instead of going to battle.
The game was also seen as medicine game, something meant to heal. It was thought to be a game giving by the earth's creator, and playing it was a way of honoring the creator.
Lacrosse also could be seen as something done for the sake of recreation.
Answer: They thought it posed a threat to their way of life. They feared that the buffalo herds would die off or migrate elsewhere.
The 24th Amendment prohibited poll taxes or other taxes as qualifications for voting.
Poll taxes had been a way states had discriminated against black voters, by using their lower income status and poll taxes as a way to prevent them from going to the polls. During the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, this was challenged. The 24th Amendment, ratified in 1964, said: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax," and added: "The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
