In What Came to Be Called the Civil Rights Cases

question 1

Multiple Choice

In what came to be called the Civil Rights Cases of 1883, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was

• A) declared constitutional due to the ruling that whether public facilities should be segregated was a matter of federal law only and did not rest with the states.
• B) upheld because white supremacists had little influence on matters of state law and tended to only discriminate against African Americans behind the scenes.
• C) declared unconstitutional due to the ruling that the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments did not give Congress the authority to pass laws dealing with racial discrimination.
• D) endorsed by the Democratic party as a means to help end racial discrimination in the South and bring blacks and whites together to help rebuild the economy.
• E) replaced by a new version of the Civil Rights Act that gave stronger protections to African Americans and ensured them the right to vote.

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