Comparison in Period 5 Practice Test

In both eras, the Court’s rulings tended to constrain federal efforts to protect Black rights, first by denying citizenship and limiting congressional power over territories, and later by narrowing Reconstruction protections.

In both eras, the Court consistently expanded federal protections for Black voting rights and upheld military rule indefinitely.

The Supreme Court had no authority to decide constitutional questions in the nineteenth century.

Dred Scott was decided after the Fourteenth Amendment and relied on its equal protection clause.

The Court in the 1870s primarily focused on approving the annexation of Canada and Mexico.