How Did the Civil Rights Act Counteract Southern Resistance and the Oppression

question 27

Multiple Choice

How did the Civil Rights Act counteract Southern resistance and the oppression of freedmen?

• A) It expanded the powers of the Freedmen's Bureau for two more years.
• B) It outlawed Southern terror groups like the Ku Klux Klan.
• C) It declared that all African Americans and persons born in the United States were citizens.
• D) It abolished slavery in all Southern states.

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Heredity

The transmission of genetic information from parent to offspring.

Pleiotropy

A genetic phenomenon where a single gene influences multiple phenotypic traits.

Polygenic Inheritance

A mode of inheritance where traits are influenced by multiple genes at different loci, leading to a continuous range of possible phenotypes.

Incomplete Dominance

A genetic scenario in which one allele does not completely dominate another allele, leading to a phenotype that is a blend of the two alleles.