Which statement explains why the state legislature passed the new Louisiana

Constitution of 1868, shown in Source 4?

A. Reconstruction laws forced Louisiana to give land and livestock to formerly

enslaved African Americans.

B. Reconstruction laws required Louisiana to abolish slavery and provide civil

rights to African Americans.

C. Reconstruction laws required Louisiana to grant greater freedoms and rights

to women.

D. Reconstruction laws forced Louisiana to abandon the parish system of

government

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Lamar Paul

30 December, 08:25

Which statement explains why the state legislature passed the new Louisiana

Constitution of 1868, shown in Source 4?

A. Reconstruction laws forced Louisiana to give land and livestock to formerly

enslaved African Americans.

B. Reconstruction laws required Louisiana to abolish slavery and provide civil

rights to African Americans.

C. Reconstruction laws required Louisiana to grant greater freedoms and rights

to women.

D. Reconstruction laws forced Louisiana to abandon the parish system of

government

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Micah Strickland · Answer 1

The correct answer is letter A

The reform of the United States Constitution, exemplifying the famous case Plessy v. Ferguson where an 1890 Louisiana law was questioned that required accommodations equal for whites and blacks, but in separate parts of the same train. The Supreme Court understood that such a requirement was reasonable and did not violate the fourteenth amendment, since what that law was to promote public interest, public peace and good order, not to oppress a specific class.