Multiple Choice
In its ruling in the 1883 Civil Rights Cases, the Supreme Court argued which of the following?
A) Under the Fourteenth Amendment, Congress only had the power to outlaw discrimination by states, not by individuals.
B) The Fifteenth Amendment did not guarantee a person's right to vote; it only barred certain specific grounds for denying suffrage, such as race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
C) Congress did not have the power to enforce federal punishments against Ku Klux Klan terrorism; that was a power reserved for the states.
D) The Fourteenth Amendment only protected national citizenship rights, not the regulatory powers of the states.
Correct Answer:
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