The Twenty-fourth Amendment (Amendment XXIV) of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.
On this date in 1962, the House passed the 24th Amendment, outlawing the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections, by a vote of 295 to 86. At the time, five states maintained poll taxes which disproportionately affected African-American voters: Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas.
Answer:
1921
Explanation:
On this day in 1921, Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the National Socialist German Workers’ (Nazi) Party.
The Yalu River also known by Koreans as the Amrok River or Amnok River. It is a river on the border between North Korea and China.
Answer:
Anglo-Saxon.
Explanation:
Old English was the first aspect of the English language spoken in the region of England, mainly between the 5th and 10th centuries. Its origin is based on Anglo-Saxon, a language brought to the British islands by the Vikings in their invasions, of a Germanic basis and closely related to the Norse. This first aspect was spoken until the Battle of Hastings, when the Normans invaded England and began to modify the language.
