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:

Birthrates

The number of live births per thousand people in a population per year.

Death Rates

The number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.

Per Capita

A statistical measure that divides a total figure by the number of people in a population, used to give an average per person.

Water Consumption

The total volume of water used by individuals, communities, industries, or agriculture over a specified period.