Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 46

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A) Eighteen states granted women the right to vote before the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment.
• B) Many states allowed the direct election of U.S. senators before the adoption of the Seventeenth Amendment.
• C) both a and b
• D) Congress gave women the right to vote in the United States before any single state.
• E) Direct election of senators began during the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

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Definitions:

Self-Incrimination

The act of implicating oneself in a crime, which is protected against under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Grand Jury

A group of citizens convened to determine whether there is enough evidence to charge someone with a crime.

Self-Incrimination

The act of implicating oneself in a crime, often discussed in the context of the right against self-incrimination in legal proceedings.

Pervasive-Regulation Exception

An exception in law that applies when a business is heavily regulated by the government, therefore some usual legal protections may not apply to that business in the same way they do others.