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During the 1870s, Supreme Court decisions _____.

a.restricted the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment
b.granted African Americans new freedoms at the state level
c.ruled that states had no power to define rights for their citizens
d.guaranteed African Americans protection from actions by other citizens

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In general, during the 1870s, Supreme Court decisions "a. restricted the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment" since many of them ruled in favor of states that tried to restrict the rights of the newly-freed slaves.
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