The correct answer to this open question is the following.
During her reign, Empress Theodora prompted\increased the rights of women.
Empress Theodora married Justinian, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, one of the most powerful empires after the fallen of the West Roman Empire. She was the most important advisor to his husband and a supporter of the rights of women. She counseled his husband to create legislation that protected women's rights and prohibited the trafficking of girls.
The Americans built the Panama Canal second. The first ones to do it were the French, but they did not finish the canal because of engineering problems and a high mortality rate because of diseases. They succeeded because the Panama Canal now makes the route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans much quicker, faster and convenient than if boats had to travel around the tip of South America. This allowed more places to be included in the world economy.
The correct answer is Plessy Vs. Ferguson. In the landmark case Plessy vs. Ferguson, it was ruled that segregation of facilities was constitutional as long as those facilities were equal in quality. This is were the term "Separate but Equal" comes from. However, during the case Brown vs. The Board of Education it was ruled that racial segregation violated the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution. It was this ruling that rendered the ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson invalid because the ruling was unconstitutional.
I think it changes for when the southern people get most of their delegates or maybe when there's most issues going on in the houses of representatives.