Which statement best summarizes this quotation?
a. African Americans would no longer vote due
to the threat of lynching.
b. The government protected African Americans'
right to vote.
c. African Americans did not let lynching prevent
them from voting.

The answer is:

c. African Americans did not let lynching prevent them from voting.

Explanation:

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common sense was a pamphlet by thomas paine which advocated the independence of the thirteen colonies from great britain.

swe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. "

- declaration of independence

  according to this passage from the declaration of independence, who gives government the power to exist?

a) the king

b) the people

c) their creator

d) their governmenthook