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I, too, Am America: The Harlem Renaissance and Cultural Rebellion — Test Answers

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Which best explains why the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson was unconstitutional?

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Since segregation laws did not provide equal protections or liberties to people of color, the ruling was not consistent with the 14th Amendment.
B
The Supreme Court’s decision gave individual states the freedom to make their own laws in relation to the treatment of people of color.
C
Since the 14th Amendment did not make concessions for people born outside the US, the Supreme Court’s decision could not be applied.
D
The Supreme Court’s ruling allowed states to deny equal protection to any person within its jurisdiction.
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Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. . . . nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. How does the excerpt relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education ?

A
The Brown case addresses whether the plaintiff has been denied due process of law while attempting to attend public schools.
B
The Brown case addresses whether the plaintiff’s property has been placed in jeopardy while attending segregated schools.
C
The Brown case addresses whether the plaintiff has been deprived of liberty, or freedom, as a result of attending segregated schools.
D
The Brown case addresses whether the plaintiff has been afforded equal protection of the laws relative to those attending public schools.
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Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States . . . How does the excerpt relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education ?

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The Brown case addresses whether education systems separated by race limit citizens’ privileges.
B
The Brown case addresses whether varied state curriculums inhibit students’ ability to learn.
C
The Brown case addresses whether teachers’ racial stereotyping restricts students’ rights and privileges.
D
The Brown case addresses whether separate water fountains and entrances abridge students’ privileges.
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Read the excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron." The musicians scrambled back into their chairs, and Harrison stripped them of their handicaps, too. “Play your best,” he told them, “and I’ll make you barons and dukes and earls.” The music began. It was normal at first—cheap, silly, false. But Harrison snatched two musicians from their chairs, waved them like batons as he sang the music as he wanted it played. He slammed them back into their chairs. How does Vonnegut use irony in this excerpt?

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Harrison’s words contradict his character.
B
The normal music is described as the opposite of what is expected.
C
The musicians are described as the opposite of what is expected.
D
Harrison’s actions contradict his character.
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Read the excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron." A police photograph of Harrison Bergeron was flashed on the screen—upside down, then sideways, upside down again, then right side up. This excerpt is an example of satire because it humorously

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exposes the incompetence that this society views as normal.
B
illustrates how television and other media control society.
C
portrays Harrison Bergeron as being more dangerous than he really is.
D
exaggerates the effects of George Bergeron’s handicaps.

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