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Savannah- SS
Social Studies May 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Civic Participation | peacefully influencing a community's politics through active lobbying and canvassing. It has increased with amendments and laws expanded |
| civil society | associations and other voluntary groups that form a middle layer in society between government and individual families |
| public policy | a plan or course of action initiated by the government to achieve a stated goal |
| social capital | the attitude, spirit, and willingness of people to engage together in civic activities, the connections and bond that people can draw on to solve common problems |
| Jim Crow law s | laws that enforced segregation and denied legal equality to African Americans |
| poll tax | a fee people once had to pay in order to vote in elections |