The population of the United States was about ______ million in 2016.

The 15th Amendment, also know as _________________, was intended to help recently freed blacks from unconstitutional state laws designed to circumvent federal laws.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

________ was the first case to establish that the Bill of Rights would be applied more broadly than the Supreme Court initially held

A) Plessy v. Ferguson B) Schenck v. United States C) Near v. Minnesota D) Gitlow v. New York E) Palko v. Connecticut