Supreme Court Case Review

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What is judicial review?

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The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and acts unconstitutional

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What is segregation?

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Separating people based on race

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What is the Equal Protection Clause?

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Says all citizens have equal rights and protections under law

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What did the 13th amendment do?

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Freed the slaves

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What did Homer Plessy try to do? Options: Sit in the white section of a bus, Sit in a whites only train car, Reverse Marbury v. Madison, Reverse Brown v. Board of Education

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Sit in a whites only train car

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What did the Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson?

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Segregation was constitutional as long as "separate but equal".

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How did the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson impact society?

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It led to more segregation.

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Which amendment guarantees all citizens, regardless of race, equal rights?

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14th amendment

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What did the court rule in Brown v. Board of Education?

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Segregation in school is unconstitutional

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Which of the following was an outcome of the Brown v. Board decision? Options: Segregation was deemed legal in the south, Schools that segregate were found to deny equal protection, Jim Crow was no longer allowed to be used as a character, School were allowed to segregate but businesses were not

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Schools that segregate were found to deny equal protection