Supreme Court Cases Review

Supreme Court case that broadened civil rights laws to include all racial and ethic groups.

• Sweatt v Painter

• Hernandez v Texas

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Brown v Board of Education

Supreme Court case that made Segregation legal

• Brown v Board of Education

• Hernandez v Texas

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Sweatt v Painter

1st court case to defeat the "separate but equal" doctrine

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Brown v Board

• Sweatt v Painter

• Hernandez v Texas

Brown v Board of Education

• Gave African Americans the right to vote

• Desegregated public schools

• Made Discrimination illegal

• Prohibited literacy tests

Which of the following established the "Separate but equal"?

• 24th Amendment

• Sweatt v Painter

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Civil Rights Act of 1964