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The Supreme Court and Civil Rights Answers

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Which statement best summarizes Brown’s message in this passage?

African Americans are not inferior to white citizens.

The law cannot cause or correct social differences.

Legislation should seek to resolve social problems.

African Americans should focus on making political gains.

What is the main purpose of this passage?

To criticize Louisiana for its segregation of railroad cars

To argue against those who oppose segregation

To defend segregation as an acceptable practice

To deny that legal segregation is necessary

Which statement best summarizes this passage?

Segregation of schools harms African American children.

Children eventually overcome the effects of segregation.

Segregation is a form of separation, not discrimination.

Segregation has no association with racial inferiority.

What is the purpose of this passage?

To provide legal support for segregation

To note that segregation calls for the separation of races

To defend the motives of those who favor segregation

To assert that legal segregation is harmful to children.

Which statement best summarizes this passage?

Fourteenth Amendment rights can never be denied.

The university failed to justify the denial of Fourteenth Amendment rights.

It is acceptable to discriminate on the basis of ancestry.

The university has no interest in protecting Fourteenth Amendment rights.

Which statement represents the key difference between the Court’s view of equal access in Plessy and its view in Regents?

The Court shifted from opposing legal segregation to supporting it.

The Court shifted from saying that segregation was legal to saying that any laws made based on race would be subject to careful judicial scrutiny.

The Court shifted from arguing that African Americans were entitled to legal protection to arguing that they were not.

The Court shifted from actively discouraging racial segregation to actively encouraging it.

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