Over the Course of the Twentieth Century, Most of the Rights

question 202

Multiple Choice

Over the course of the twentieth century, most of the rights and liberties in the Bill of Rights and the Civil War amendments

• A) were restricted to meet a narrow interpretation of government protection.
• B) were overturned in successive Supreme Court decisions.
• C) were interpreted more broadly to include all state and local laws.
• D) became unpopular and were gradually repealed by new amendments.
• E) became irrelevant as states adopted these protections on their own.

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