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Awilson837

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What was the Supreme Court's rationale in the Civil Rights Cases (1883) for why Congress could not prohibit discrimination in public accommodations?
 
  a. Congress cannot regulate public accommodations because they involve interstate commerce.
  b. Congress can only regulate government discrimination, not discrimination by private individuals.
  c. Congress cannot prohibit discrimination because doing so violates the First Amendment right to freedom of speech.--
 d. Congress cannot prohibit discrimination because there was insufficient evidence that discrimination exists.

Question 2

Black Codes were passed by many of the former Confederate states in order to __________.
 
  a. segregate blacks and whites--
 b. deny newly freed slaves legal rights, such as voting and sitting on juries
  c. keep newly freed slaves from being hired for work, so they would have to remain slaves
  d. deny newly freed slaves the right to attend church


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kardosa007

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Reply #1 on: Jul 9, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

b


Awilson837

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Reply 2 on: Jul 9, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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