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The Civil Rights Act (1964) made it unlawful to discriminate against people based upon race, gender, or religion. This meant, among other things, that restaurants and hotels in the south were no longer permitted to deny service to African Americans. The Supreme Court ruled the federal government had the constitutional authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act from which Constitutional Clause?
 
  a. The interstate commerce clause
  b. The free exercise clause
  c. The establishment clause
  d. The necessary and proper clause
  e. None of the above

Question 2

In ______________, the Supreme Court upheld the Minnesota Mortgage Moratorium Act, finding that its provisions did not violate the Contracts Clause.
 
  a. Home Building and Loan Association v. Blaisdell (1934)
  b. Nebbia v. New York (1934)
  c. United States v. Butler (1936)
  d. West Coast Hotel Company v. Parrish (1937)



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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