“With the passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the racial hierarchy was upset, creating the need in the minds of many whites for a legal system that would ensure the second-class status of African Americans. In the absence of slavery, segregation would prove an effective means of demonstrating the inferiority of African Americans and enforcing social inequality in South Carolina.”
Which of the following best examines the secondary source’s perspective and influence on cultural changes in the U.S. and South Carolina?
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Civil rights activists during the civil rights movement influenced social inequality in the South, which led to segregation in the U.S. and South Carolina.
Civil rights activists during the civil rights movement influenced social inequality in the South, which led to segregation in the U.S. and South Carolina.
Civil rights efforts in the U.S. influenced an unequal legal system in the South, which led to segregation in the U.S. and South Carolina.
Civil rights efforts in the U.S. influenced an unequal legal system in the South, which led to segregation in the U.S. and South Carolina.
Reconstruction plans in the South influenced Black codes in the South, which segregated people in the U.S. and South Carolina.
Reconstruction plans in the South influenced Black codes in the South, which segregated people in the U.S. and South Carolina.
Reconstruction after the Great Depression influenced a racial hierarchy in the South, which led to segregation in the U.S. and South Carolina.
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The best response that examines the secondary source’s perspective and influence on cultural changes in the U.S. and South Carolina is:
Reconstruction plans in the South influenced Black codes in the South, which segregated people in the U.S. and South Carolina.
This option aligns with the excerpt by discussing the legal mechanisms that arose to maintain social inequality and segregation following the changes brought about by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
