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Who are the people that write a dissent?
Supreme Court Justices
When did the Plessy case happen?
1896
What year did the Brown V board of Education take place?
1954
What does act mean?
a law
What court case had people trying to fight segregation?
Both
What group helped organize and fight the Brown case?
NAACP
What state did the original case take place?
Louisiana
Where did the original case take place?
Kansas
**50 pts bonus for including Topeka
What does segregation mean?
separating people by race
Which court case did the Supreme Court decide against the person?
Plessy
What does legalized mean (without using the word legal)?
Allow by law
Did the Plessy case impact rights in a positive or negative way?
Negative
What was the argument used as to why segregation violated the 14th Amendment?
What does integration mean?
combining people of different races
What case claimed that segregation violated the 14th Amendment?
Both
Who created the NAACP?
DuBois
How did the Supreme Court explain their reasoning that Plessy's rights weren't violated?
Separate But Equal
What did the Supreme Court decide?
Segregation was unconstitutional in schools
What does dissent mean?
To disagree with a decision
What case impacted black people's rights in a positive way?
Brown
Explain how the doll test proved that kids were psychologically harmed by segregation.
All black and white students chose the white doll
How did this case prevent change?
Made it legal for segregation
Prevented segregation from being challenged in court
**EXTRA 500 for getting both answers
How did this case create change?
Ended segregation in schools
Allowed segregation in other places to be challenged in court again
**Extra 500 pts for getting both reasons
What does equal mean in the statement "Separate But Equal?"
Equal access to facilities but not equal quality
What case overturned an earlier decision about segregation?
Brown