Question

1. Part A: which generalization can be made based upon the Supreme Court cases Plessy vs. Ferguson and Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka?

A. The Constitution is subject to changing interpretations by the Supreme Court.
B. Supreme Court decision to accept it without public dissent.
C. State Court judges agree that social policies are best left to Congress.
D. Equal protection has consistently been defined by the Supreme Court.

Part B: which of the following was a direct impact of the Supreme Court ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka?
A. establishment of affirmative action programs
B. desegregation of armed forces and universities
C. ruling of segregated schools as unconstitutional
D. reinforcement of Jim Crow laws passed by the legislators

Answer 1

1. A. The Constitution is subject to changing interpretations by the Supreme Court.

2. C. ruling of segregated schools as unconstitutional

3. B. Jim Crow laws were designed to promote a segregated society dominated by whites.

4. B. housing patterns & D. economic opportunity

Answer 2

1. part a) is A
part b) is C
2. B
3. B and D
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