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QuizMultiple Choice

Early Civil Rights Movements

Question 7 • MO-US History II A

Which best describes the outcome of the 1913 case Guinn v. U.S.?

Answer
A
The case represented a failure for the NAACP because it supported a law that limited the voting rights of formerly enslaved individuals.
B
The case represented a failure for the NAACP because it overturned a law that guaranteed equal voting rights for all Americans.
C
The case was a victory for the NAACP because it overturned a law that would have limited African American voting rights.
D
The case was a victory for the NAACP because it supported an existing law that upheld African American voting rights.

Explanation

In Guinn v. United States (1915; sometimes dated to the case’s 1913 origins), the Supreme Court struck down Oklahoma’s grandfather clause. The clause exempted many white voters from literacy requirements while preventing many African Americans from voting. Its removal was a victory for civil rights because it overturned a law that restricted African American voting rights, matching choice C.

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