Asked by Avery Williams

Which of the following statements is an accurate comparison between documents?
A. The South Carolina Constitution of 1868 protected the rights of Black people while the Fourteenth Amendment took them away.
B. The South Carolina Constitution of 1895 protected the rights of Black people while the Fourteenth Amendment took them away.
C. The South Carolina Constitution of 1865 protected the rights of Black people while the Constitution of 1868 took them away.
D. The South Carolina Constitution of 1868 protected the rights of Black people while the Constitution of 1895 took them away.

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D

The South Carolina Constitution of 1868 (Reconstruction era) extended rights and suffrage to Black men and created public institutions; the 1895 constitution instituted poll taxes, literacy tests, and other measures that effectively disenfranchised and curtailed rights of Black citizens.