Civil Rights Supreme Court cases (some)

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Laws common in the south (1877-1950s) that made African Americans use separate schools & public facilities

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Jim Crow laws

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The idea that different public facilities for blacks & whites were constitutional is

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separate but equal

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"No state shall. . . deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protections of the laws." is the

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equal protection clause

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This amendment ended slavery in 1865

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13th

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Which amendment, passed in 1868, contains the equal protection clause?

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14th

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The most important Constitutional protection that people have against discrimination by state or local governments is the

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equal protection clause

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Even after the 14th amendment (with the equal protection clause) was passed, states continued to pass laws separation African Americans & whites.

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True

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Plessy v. Ferguson took place in

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Louisiana

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Louisiana had a law that said railroad companies had to have separate passenger cars for white & black passengers.

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True

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Plessy won his case in the Supreme Court and there was no more segregation in the U.S.

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False