Developed Democracies Are Characterized by Rational and Secular Institutions,part of What

question 18

Multiple Choice

Developed democracies are characterized by rational and secular institutions,part of what makes them

• A) modern.
• B) hierarchical.
• C) bureaucratic.
• D) progressive.

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Definitions:

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

An independent, bipartisan agency established by the United States federal government in 1957 to investigate, report on, and address civil rights issues in the U.S.

Literacy Tests

Measures used historically in the United States to disenfranchise voters, particularly African Americans, by requiring them to pass reading and writing tests.

Separate but Equal

A legal doctrine in United States constitutional law that justified and permitted racial segregation as long as the separate facilities were supposedly of equal quality.

Brown v. Board of Education

A landmark United States Supreme Court case from 1954 that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.