unit 3 test studyguide

These were any type of law that discriminated against people based on race.

• 14th Amendment

• state laws

• federal laws

• Jim Crow laws

True or False: the U.S. Supreme court sided with Homer Plessy. They said his 14th Amendment rights were being violated by having to sit in a separate train car.

• true

• false

What was the result of the plessey v ferguson?

• The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.

• The Supreme Court never made a ruling.

• The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.

• Plessy never took the case to the Supreme Court.

Which U.S. Government group made segregation legal in the United States (so long as facilities were "separate but equal")?

• Executive Branch: President and his/her cabinet

• Legislative Branch: U.S. Congress

• Judicial Branch: Supreme Court

Which Supreme Court case legalized Jim Crow laws throughout the entire United States?

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Jim Crow Laws

• Segregation

The Supreme Court said: "We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ________________________has no place.

• "separate but equal"

• segregation

• Jim Crow Laws

• de facto

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

• allow children to work.
• to pay black people less than white people.
• to return a slave.
• to segregate schools.

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

Which court has 9 justices?

• Supreme Court
• US District Court
• US Court of Appeals
• circuit courts

Which court has both original and appellate jurisdiction?

• Supreme Court
• US District Court
• US Court of Appeals
• circuit courts