Historically,juries consisted of white males.Even after the Civil War,some states excluded blacks from juries until the U.S.Supreme Court specifically ruled against this practice in _______.

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The Civil War ended in 1865, so it could not have been options A or B. Option D is too late, as the Supreme Court ruling occurred before that year. Therefore, the correct answer is C, 1879. This refers to the case of Strauder v. West Virginia, in which the Supreme Court ruled that excluding African Americans from juries violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

Historically,juries Consisted of White Males