Answer:
d. The Supreme Court’s role would be diminished.
Explanation:
The thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments are the amendments adopted by the constitution of the United States and called reconstruction amendments because they were adopted at the time of reconstruction following the civil war. These amendments abolished slavery, gave equal rights to all citizens and prohibits discrimination of the voting rights. However, the state laws like Jim Crow laws successively eroded the spirit of the Constitution and the Supreme Court not only failed to restrict these laws but sometimes itself supported these decisions.
I am not sure what this question is asking but I think the answer is: There are many things that are made by people and used in the past so it could be numerous objects. So I think that the answer is: Paper(not sure just a guess)