Which Group Had the Lowest Turnout Rate in Texas in the 2012

question 42

Multiple Choice

Which group had the lowest turnout rate in Texas in the 2012 presidential election?

• A) African American
• B) white
• C) Asian American
• D) Hispanic

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Definitions:

Slaves

People forced into servitude, deprived of personal freedom.

Harriet Tubman

An American abolitionist and political activist who escaped slavery and subsequently made some thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy enslaved people using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.

Underground Railroad

A network of secret routes and safe houses used in the United States during the early to mid-19th century to help enslaved African Americans escape to free states and Canada.

Runaway Slaves

Enslaved African Americans who escaped from their enslavers in an attempt to gain freedom, often facing great risk.