What group of people is being criticized by this cartoon? A: Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War B: plantation owners who left the South after the Confederacy was defeated C: African American politicians who served in Congress during Reconstruction D: Southern Democrats who opposed efforts to protect African Americans' civil rights
which cartoon?
How did lawmakers use the Fourteenth Amendment to justify the passage of Jim Crow laws in the South?
It was because they considered African Americans not to be citizens only protected those in the north, that it only applied to the government and not to private citzens businesses
Lawmakers used the Fourteenth Amendment to justify the passage of Jim Crow laws in the South by arguing that the Fourteenth Amendment applied only to the actions of state governments, not private individuals or businesses.
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