The nineteenth-century civil rights acts were important because they __________.
A. established that Congress could not legislate directly against individuals in violation of others' constitutional rights
B. affirmed the belief that congressional power applied to official or government action or to private action
C. were not significant to the civil rights struggles of the 1960s
D. introduced the legal consequence that if the federal government did not secure rights, the state governments could
E. became effective immediately despite customary delays in implementation
Ans: B. affirmed the belief that congressional power applied to official or government action or to private action
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The alliance between which two countries in 1894 resulted in Germany having potential adversaries in both the east and the west?
a. France and Poland b. Great Britain and Russia c. France and Russia d. Italy and Poland