With Respect to the Question of Black Suffrage in the South

question 29

Multiple Choice

With respect to the question of black suffrage in the South, Andrew Johnson believed that

• A) the right to vote should be extended to African Americans through an amendment to the Constitution.
• B) the federal government could never force the southern states to extend voting rights to African Americans.
• C) the southern states, before being allowed to re-enter the Union, should guarantee the right to vote to African American males.
• D) African Americans were not citizens and should not be allowed to vote.

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Correlation Coefficient

A numerical measure that indicates the extent of a linear relationship between two variables, ranging from -1 to 1.

Independent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is manipulated or changed to observe its effect on the dependent variable.

Dependent Variable

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Correlation Coefficient

A numerical measure that assesses the strength and direction of the linear relationship between two quantitative variables.