The "Revenue Act" or "Wealth Tax"
There were Jim Crow laws and literacy tests, so I'd say it's <span>B. Some states passed laws that kept freed slaves from exercising their right to vote.
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The evidence found in the Declaration of Independence: "That
whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the
Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,”
<span>The concept of natural rights and the notion of
the social contract were supreme in the thinking of the colonists when they dared
the right of Europe to control their economic and political lives. It's a
contract, meaning it can be cancelled by the people when they believe the
government is hindering their unalienable rights.
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Paternalism is the behavior that a group of people expresses towards others, in which they limit those others’ liberty or autonomy for their own good. In paternalism towards adults it seems as if the adults are treated like children and cannot think for themselves. The southern slave owners thought of themselves as kind and responsible masters even though they bought and sold their human properties.
Question: In the south, the paternalist ethos:
Answer: a. reflected the hierarchical society in which the planter took responsibility for the lives of those around him.
