Question

Which earlier idea explains why Du Bois opposed Jim Crow laws?

(1 point)
Responses

The idea of states’ rights from the Civil War.

The idea of states’ rights from the Civil War.

The goals of the Reconstruction Amendments that guaranteed citizenship and voting rights.
The goals of the Reconstruction Amendments that guaranteed citizenship and voting rights.

The Compromise of 1850 and keeping balance between regions.

The Compromise of 1850 and keeping balance between regions.

The New South’s economic goals.

Answer 1

The goals of the Reconstruction Amendments that guaranteed citizenship and voting rights.

Du Bois opposed Jim Crow because those laws violated the 14th and 15th Amendment aims of equal citizenship and voting rights for African Americans.