The New State Constitutions Enacted in the South Can Best

question 56

Multiple Choice

The new state constitutions enacted in the South can best be described by which of the following statements?

• A)While making positive strides toward a more inclusive society,the new southern constitutions were more inherently racist than those in the northern states.
• B)The new southern constitutions were more democratic and egalitarian than anything Americans anywhere had known previously.
• C)While some white southerners sympathetic to the needs of blacks helped write the new constitutions,there were no black delegates.
• D)Some southern states included the Black Codes in their new constitutions.