Advocates of shifting the task of drawing united states house districts from state legislatures to independent commissions are likely to claim which of the following as an advantage of independent commissions? a. independent commissions significantly reduce the influence of partisan gerrymandering in the redistricting processb. house districts drawn by independent commissions are immune from challengesc. independent commissions are more able to draw legislative districts that comply the one person, one vote standardd. independent commissions are more likely to create majority-minority districts where they are appropriate

The term "jim crow" is used to describe which of these? a) bans on hunting b) segregation of the races c) preventing women from voting d) creating more public schools

Which of the following selections is least useful for supporting the claim that states intentionally built unequal school systems? question 1 options: the supreme court ruling in plessy v. ferguson (1896) wrote into law that america had two separate societies: one black and one white. it was very clear by the mid-1900s that southern states had expertly built separate educational systems. these schools, however, were never equal. states with laws keeping schools segregated never gave equal amounts of money to their black and white schools. ten years after brown, fewer than 10 percent of southern public schools had integrated. some areas did not comply at all.

What choices did the family of emmett till and their supporters make in exposing the brutality of his murder? how did these choices shape public reaction to the murder?