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Multiple Select

What legal arguments did Plessy's lawyers use to oppose Louisiana's Separate Car Act? 2 CORRECT ANSWERS

• The law's subjugation based on race violated the 13th Amendment's abolition of slavery.

• The law violated the Declaration of Independence's statement that "all men are created equal."

• The law violated the 14th Amendment, which gave equal protection regardless of race.

• The law violated the Civil Rights Act of 1875's guarantee that all races could use public facilities.

Multiple Select

What ideas supported the court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education? 2 CORRECT ANSWERS

• The 14th Amendment guarantees equal protection of the law.

• Facilities cannot be equal if they are separate.

• "Separate but equal" was legal only in privately owned facilities, not public schools.

• Unfeasible commutes to Black schools violated the First Amendment protection of freedom of assembly.