Why did states have to resort to acts of legislation such as referendums, recalls, and initiatives to reform local and state government?

The supreme court ruled that slaves could not sue because they could not read. they could not become lawyers. they lived in southern states. they were not considered citizens.

Which factor best suggests a cause for the urban problems shown in this table? (3 points) increasing discriminatory housing practices shifting population density gradients over time declining urban renewal efforts by city governments declining basic employment sector in industrial cities increasing gentrification efforts in the inner cities

Was the civil war inevitable? could anything have been done through compromise to stop it, or did it have to happen?