Rosa Parks (1913-2005) performed an act of insurrection when she refused to stand up and give her bus seat, located the bus section that was supposed to be for black passengers, to a white woman after the bus driver requested her to do so because the white section of the vehicle was already full. This happened in Montgomery in 1955. She was arrested for violating the segregation laws from Alabama.
Her action and subsequent arrest triggered the start of the Montgomery Bus Boyycott, as a social protest within Civil Rights Movement that lasted from 1955 to 1956 and aimed to end segregation in US public facilities.
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the adoption of the secret ballot
Explanation:
Following the Presidential election of 1884, the adoption of the secret ballot came into effect in the 19th century in the United States starting with Massachusetts.
Before this adoption, the election period or finance is characterized by the financial muscle of the party and they influence how the voters tend to vote, through vote-buying, harassment of voters, and even direct assault.
However, with the adoption of the secret ballots, their party-centered elections got reduced as the states become responsible for providing the ballot for the voters rather than the voters themselves or the party.
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Explanation:
Because Americans felt they were a better society and people than other groups of people (Mexicans/Native Americans) already living out West and somehow that justified them taking over the West. The Mexican government grew frustrated with them moving their illegally.
144 ounces.
Here is the formula: 1 pound = 16 ounces
Just do the multiplication.
