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. Dennis is an African American man living in Texas. Which of the following events would he have celebrated in 1966?
 
  a. the abolition of the white primary system
  b. the U.S. Supreme Court rejecting the dual-ballot concept in Texas
  c. minorities being granted primary election suffrage by the Texas Democratic Party
  d. the Texas government being limited by federal law from engaging in racial gerrymandering

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true of the poll tax in Texas?
 
  a. Voters in Texas had to pay the poll tax every year before the end of January.
  b. State poll taxes on state ballots were allowed by the Supreme Court.
  c. Texas created a dual-ballot system to get around the federal ban on poll tax.
  d. Poll tax was eventually banned in Texas with the Twenty-fourth Amendment.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C



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