Select the correct answer. Which best describes the Supreme Court's reasoning in declaring the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconsti
tutional? A. They found that it discriminated against white people in the South. B. They found that the Fourteenth Amendment applied only to states, not individuals. C. They found that it did not provide sufficient rights for U.S. citizens. D. They found that the Fifteenth Amendment applied only to states, not individuals.
The correct answer to this question is B. They found that the Fourteenth Amendment applied only to states, not individuals. This is because in 1883, the Supreme Court ruled in the Civil Rights Cases that the public accommodation sections of the act were unconstitutional, saying Congress was not afforded control over private persons or corporations under the Equal Protection Clause.
On February 1, 1917, the lethal threat of the German U-boat submarine raises its head again, as Germany returns to the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare it had previously suspended in response to pressure from the United States and other neutral countries.
The power of the Federal Government is limited to the powers granted in the Constitution. The Government can not do what the people have not authorized in the Constitution. Could not raise an army, collect taxes, regulate trade interstate or foreign trade, force states to follow laws.
