Author Question: Why was the white primary so effective at preventing minorities from exercising their right to vote? ... (Read 19 times)

nmorano1 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Why was the white primary so effective at preventing minorities from exercising their right to vote?

A) People who do not vote in the primary are not allowed to vote in the general election.
B) It designated the Democratic Party primary to be a private party function which effectively disenfranchised nonwhite voters.
C) It made primary elections too expensive for minorities to afford.
D) White primaries were really organizing meetings for the Ku Klux Klan.

Question 2

According to the authors of the textbook, which of the following is a disadvantage of federalism?

A) strengthening of liberty through the division of powers
B) accommodation of diversity
C) encouragement of laboratories of democracy
D) economic disparities among the states
E) ability to respond to change