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Except, the German people never gave Hitler or the Nazis anywhere near a majority in the Reichstag. Hitler was *appointed* Chancellor by the "mainstream" conservative President von Hindenberg in 1937; he then used that position to consolidate his power.

2) Technically, Black Southerners (and Northerners) were given the right to vote by the 14th Amendment, ratified after the Civil War. In actuality, though, they were intimidated and legally harassed into non-voting....