Answer:
let it be shown is the answer
Because these laws excluded black people from having anything to do with voting and political issues
The author's purpose in this excerpt was to describe the struggle and necessity of their tent.
Of stagnant waters, altar sword and pen.
Altar refers to religion, sword refers to military, and pen refers to art and literature.
The pen used to describe art and literature is use of metonymy
A debate is one that creates a topic to be discussed buy others. An argumentative essay is the one that gives an opinion supporting certain topic.