How Did Racism Negate the Progress Made by Federal Laws

question 54

Multiple Choice

How did racism negate the progress made by federal laws guaranteeing citizenship to Black Americans?

• A) Jim Crow laws were enforced in the states.
• B) The Civil War disrupted the period of Reconstruction.
• C) Black Americans did not move to the North.
• D) Whites lost trust in the Constitution.

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