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

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.

july 1861 here you go hope it

a.tensions between the colonial elites and the backcountry men of virginia.