History of the United States I / Unit 17 USH1 2407 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Court Retreats
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The idea
The Court held in eighteen seventy-four that the Constitution does not confer the right of suffrage upon any one, deciding against Virginia Minor.
In practice
The Civil Rights Act of eighteen seventy-five struck down in eighteen eighty-three.
Where people slip
That ruling held the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments did not reach discrimination by private individuals. Unit 16 covers both.
Your place on the trail
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