Many Supreme Court cases during the Reconstruction era worked to

a. bolster the influence of the Fourteenth Amendment.
b. deny states the power to marginalize black voters.
c. increase federal power over the states.
d. limit federal power to combat discrimination.
e. solidify the dominance of the northern states.


ANS: D

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