The Slaughterhouse cases, U.S. v. Reese, U.S. v. Cruikshank, and the Civil Rights Cases of 1883 all had the effect of:
A) extending legal protection for African Americans.
B) limiting the ability of the Democratic Party to reestablish itself in the South.
C) restricting the protections of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
D) ending the power of the Radical Republicans completely.
Answer: C
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
If an artist were asked to paint a picture of the Jewish god, staying true to the Jewish perception, what would the canvas look like?
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Anything less than ________ would betray the Civil War's meaning, black spokesmen insisted.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).