With the end of the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth
Amendments, it seemed like African Americans would finally obtain certain fundamental rights,
such as the right to vote and equal protection under the law. What strategies did white southerners
(and some northerners) use to continue to deny African Americans these rights? How were these
rights ultimately achieved?
What is a racial caste system? What was the “racial bribe” extended to poor whites? How did the
Original Constitution reinforce this caste system? How was the racial caste system reconfigured
Post-Reconstruction? What role did the justice system play? What was the Southern Strategy?
How did key Republican aides/strategist describe it? How did Reagan utilize this strategy?
Detail the American policy response to the demands of the civil rights movement. Be sure to
attend to the punitive policy responses. (Hint: See Hinton)
What is the Voting Rights Act (VRA)? What are the major sections? How have recent court
decision impacted the VRA? Who gains and losses from the weakening of the VRA? Why is
the VRA and voting rights in general a partisan issue?
In essay discussing the Concept of the Political be sure to address what is the political, according
to Schmitt, and what distinction is its foundation? What distinction or markers can become
political? And what is the key marker of the political? How does Liberalism treat a potential
enemy? And in what respect does Liberalism negate the political? Further, address the power of
the state according to Schmitt and why it transcends other human associations. And lastly what is The state copmelled to do critical situation to maintain peace.
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