The Supreme Court and Civil Rights

Question 1

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 2

How did the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson affect the legalities of segregation?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It set “separate but equal” as a legal precedent.

Question 3

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It strengthened the growing civil rights movement.

Question 4

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Allan Bakke

Question 5

Why was Homer Plessy arrested?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

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 7

Chief Justice Earl Warren stated, “Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” What did the use of “inherently” imply about segregation?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

By its very definition, it cannot be equal.

Question 8

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

affirmative action

Question 9

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Regents v. Bakke

Question 10

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.”

The Supreme Court and Civil Rights Answers