Question

How did the Supreme Court ruling on the Civil Rights Cases of 1883 affect the rights of African Americans?

It led to the drafting and passage of the Civil Rights Act.
It led to a sharp increase in African American voting.
It opened the door for legal segregation in the South.
It led to unfair sharecropping contracts in the South.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C) It opened the door for legal segregation in the South.

The Supreme Court ruling on the Civil Rights Cases of 1883 affected the rights of African Americans in that "It opened the door for legal segregation in the South."

The Supreme Court helped erode African Americans' freedom with its decision on the Dred Scott case and its decision in 1883 of declaring the Civil Rights Act of 1875, unconstitutional.

These decisions severely hurt the civil rights of African Americans in the United States. The Supreme Court also added that the US Congress lacked the authority under the 14th Amendment to give protection to African Americans and that the states were the ones that had the authority to do so.

This Court decision opened the door for the expansion of the so-called Jim Crow laws in the southern states.