The civil rights act of 1875 attempted to
a. protect african americans from discrimination in public accommodations like hotels and theaters.
b. protect african americans against disenfranchisement in the voting booth.
c. expand the protections of the fourteenth amendment to recent asian immigrants.
d. restore the lost civil rights for former confederate soldiers and sympathizers.

"but let us admit texas, and we shall place the balance of power in the hands of the texans themselves. they, with the southern states, will control the policy and the destiny of this nation; our tariff will then be held at the will of the texan advocates of free trade. are our friends of the north prepared to deliver over this great national policy to the people of texas? " - rep. joshua giddings, ohio, may 21, 1844 this quote points to what major issue in the years leading up to the civil war?