My teacher searched our backpacks because a phone rang during state testing. was he allowed to check backpacks?

in the 1890s, southern states enacted a new form of black codes, called “jim crow” laws. these laws made it illegal for blacks and whites to share public facilities. this meant that blacks and whites had to use separate schools, hospitals, libraries, restaurants, hotels, bathrooms, and drinking fountains.

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the positive connotations of the words "pretty," "quiet," and "silence" give the excerpt a tone of nervousness. i think its this