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What impact was affirmative action designed to have?
1. creating quotas for minority admissions or hiring
2. establishing multiple African American colleges
3. requiring companies to only hire female executives
4. mandating that universities eliminate all scholarship programs
What factor do Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, and Regents of California v. Bakke have in common?
A. All three cases improved civil rights for minorities.
B. All three cases went to the Supreme Court for ruling.
C. All three cases ruled in favor of the individual.
D. All three cases took place in the twentieth century.
Why did Allan Bakke file a lawsuit?
A. His medical test application was incorrectly scored.
B. He was an advocate of affirmative action.
C. His test scores were lower than minority students.
D. He felt he was denied admission to school based on race.
How did the verdict in Brown v. Board of Education relate to the verdict in Plessy v. Ferguson?
A. It upheld the earlier decision about segregation.
B. It set a new legal precedent on the issue of segregation.
C. It cemented the idea that separate was not synonymous to segregation.
D. It proved educational facilities were subject to partial segregation.
When Chief Justice Earl Warren stated, “A sense of inferiority affects the motivation of a child to learn,” what was he essentially stating?
A. Children often struggle with wanting to study.
B. Learning is difficult if a child is not inspired.
C. Low self-esteem can have a negative impact on grades.
D. Students who feel inferior often spend more time alone.
How did the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson affect the legalities of segregation?
A. It set “separate but equal” as a legal precedent.
B. It implemented desegregation legislation.
C. It determined that separation based on race can never be equal.
D. It discouraged people from continued protests.
Why was Homer Plessy arrested?
A. He said his rights had been violated.
B. He was clearly of mixed heritage.
C. He refused to give his seat to a white person.
D. He sat down in a train’s whites-only car.
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1.creating quotas for minority admissions or hiring.
2.All three cases improved civil rights for minorities.
3.He felt he was denied admission to school based on race.
4.It set a new legal precedent on the issue of segregation.
5.Low self-esteem can have a negative impact on grades.
6.It set “separate but equal” as a legal precedent.
7. He sat down in a train’s whites-only car.
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