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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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