USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

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Base your answer to the question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies ____ The Congress of the United States notwithstanding, and the Supreme Court of the United States notwithstanding, with all deference and respect, I differ with them all, and know that I am right and that they are wrong. The Constitution of the United States as it is protects me. If I could get a practical application of the Constitution it would protect me and all women in the enjoyment of perfect equality of rights everywhere under the shadow of the American flag ____ Source:Susan B. Anthony, Speech to the Senate Judiciary Committee, January 23, 1880The basic problem identified in this speech was addressed in 1920 by
A
a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote
B
an executive order allowing women to serve in the military
C
a Supreme Court decision granting women additional privacy rights
D
a law allowing women to petition the government
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The police duty to give these warnings is compelled by the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment, which gives a criminal suspect the right to refuse “to be a witness against himself, ” and Sixth Amendment, which guarantees criminal defendants the right to an attorney.

Detailed explanation-2: -The First Amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Fourth Amendment protects the right of privacy against unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. The Fifth Amendment provides for the right against self-incrimination, which justifies protection of private information.

Detailed explanation-4: -See Preemption; constitutional clauses. Article VI, Paragraph 2 of the U.S. Constitution is commonly referred to as the Supremacy Clause. It establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions.

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