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Read this excerpt from the Supreme Court decision that the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was unconstitutional. Then, answer the question. According to the ruling, why can't the 14th Amendment be used in support of the Civil Rights Act of 1875?

A
Segregation laws are under state jurisdiction, not federal.
B
It only abolished slavery, but made no mention of discrimination.
C
It only protects citizens from discrimination by the state government, not private businesses.
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According to the political cartoon, Reconstruction is worse than slavery because

A
Jim Crow laws limit the rights of African Americans.
B
vigilante violence threatens the lives and freedoms of African Americans.
C
Sharecropping traps African Americans in a cycle of debt.
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Read the summary of an 1891 law from Texas. Which of the following did the law accomplish?

A
It segregated African Americans and whites into different cars on railroads.
B
It segregated compartments for whites and African Americans on streetcars.
C
It outlawed segregated train cars and established fines for breaking the law.
4

Who can be held responsible if a passenger fails to sit in the proper area?

A
only conductors
B
only passengers
C
only the railroad company
D
the railroad, conductors, and passengers
5

According to the article, what happens when masked, armed mobs threaten members of Southern society?

A
Lawmen have difficulty identifying the lawbreakers.
B
African Americans are forced to fight back.
C
No one, white or African American, dares to stand up to them.

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