In Late-Nineteenth-Century Cases Dealing with the Rights of Blacks, What

question 11

Multiple Choice

In late-nineteenth-century cases dealing with the rights of blacks, what did the Supreme Court decide?

• A) The Fourteenth Amendment protected citizens from private acts of discrimination but not from governmental acts.
• B) Racial segregation was constitutional as long as each race had equal facilities.
• C) Poll taxes and literacy tests were illegal.
• D) The civil-rights clauses of the Fifteenth Amendment were unconstitutional.
• E) Racism in government programs was constitutional but not in private businesses.

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