There are many possible answers for this one! Only the national government can e.g. manage foreign relations, declare war or oversee trade between states and with other countries.
The Supreme Court interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment very narrowly, stating that the federal government could not prosecute individuals for discriminatory acts. Lynching's and mob violence were left to the states to handle. Within a generation after the end of Reconstruction 1877
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siege of savannah stamp act
