What Effect Did Supreme Court Rulings in Cases Such as Slaughterhouse

question 25

Multiple Choice

What effect did Supreme Court rulings in cases such as Slaughterhouse (1873) and United States v. Cruikshank (1876) have on black civil rights?

• A) These cases protected the Fourteenth Amendment, keeping black civil rights unchanged.
• B) These cases narrowed the Fourteenth Amendment, reducing black civil rights.
• C) These cases expanded the Fourteenth Amendment, expanding black civil rights.
• D) These cases stripped the Fourteenth Amendment, taking away black civil rights.

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