The nineteenth-century civil rights acts were important because they __________.
A. established that Congress could not legislate directly against individuals in violation of others' constitutional rights
B. affirmed the belief that congressional power applied to official or government action or to private action
C. were not significant to the civil rights struggles of the 1960s
D. introduced the legal consequence that if the federal government did not secure rights, the state governments could
E. became effective immediately despite customary delays in implementation
Ans: B. affirmed the belief that congressional power applied to official or government action or to private action
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