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Which Supreme Court case ruled that racial quotas could not be used to reduce inequality in schools or workplaces?

Regents v. Bakke

United States v. Virginia

Plessy v. Ferguson

Brown v. Board of Education

Which accurately describes what Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education had in common?

Both cases involved protecting the right to engage in civil disobedience.

Both cases involved striking down state segregation laws.

Both cases involved affirmative action.

Both cases involved interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Why did Allan Bakke file a lawsuit?

His medical test application was incorrectly scored.

He was an advocate of affirmative action.

His test scores were lower than minority students.

He felt he was denied admission to school based on race.

How did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

It was against the law to segregate people based on race.

Laws permitting separation are unconstitutional.

Separation does not necessarily imply any inequality.

Desegregation was the only option to solve this court case.

What were affirmative action programs originally designed to encourage?

increasing diversity in public institutions and businesses

beginning the process of desegregation in schools

establishing complete equality in admissions and hiring practices

ending separation based on race in housing

What factor do Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, and Regents of California v. Bakke have in common?

All three cases improved civil rights for minorities.

All three cases went to the Supreme Court for ruling.

All three cases ruled in favor of the individual.

All three cases took place in the twentieth century.

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