The Supreme Court and Civil Rights

Question 1

How did the verdict in Brown v. Board of Education relate to the verdict in Plessy v. Ferguson?

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It set a new legal precedent on the issue of segregation.

Question 2

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

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Regents v. Bakke

Question 3

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

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Both cases involved interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Question 4

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

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Segregation could lead to feelings of inferiority.

Question 5

What were affirmative action programs originally designed to encourage?

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increasing diversity in public institutions and businesses

Question 6

Why was Homer Plessy arrested?

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

Question 7

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

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Separation does not necessarily imply any inequality.

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

The ruling in Regents v. Bakke set a precedent for cases that came after, such as United States v. Virginia, which ruling stated that

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Virginia Military Institute must open its doors to women.

Question 10

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

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Allan Bakke

The Supreme Court and Civil Rights Answers