The Supreme Court and Civil Rights

Question 1

Which action would be considered an act of civil disobedience?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

engaging in a sit-in, in which African Americans stay at a segregated business

Question 2

Which term is defined as “promoting minority inclusion in educational and employment opportunities”?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

affirmative action

Question 3

What were affirmative action programs originally designed to encourage?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

increasing diversity in public institutions and businesses

Question 4

Which of these statements was implied by the decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Segregation could lead to feelings of inferiority.

Question 5

Why were civil rights supporters disappointed with the Supreme Court’s 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The court affirmed the idea of “separate but equal.”

Question 6

When Chief Justice Earl Warren stated, “A sense of inferiority affects the motivation of a child to learn,” what was he essentially stating?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Low self-esteem can have a negative impact on grades.

Question 7

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Separation does not necessarily imply any inequality.

Question 8

Who was responsible for initially filing the lawsuit questioning the use of quotas as affirmative action?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Allan Bakke

Question 9

Why was Homer Plessy arrested?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

He sat down in a train’s whites-only car.

Question 10

What was the social impact of the decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It strengthened the growing civil rights movement.

The Supreme Court and Civil Rights Answers