Answer:
Anything consumers needed or desired could be made in larger quantities. Mass production resulted in lower prices of consumer goods. Eventually, economies of scale resulted in the most affordable price of any product for the consumer without the manufacturer having to sacrifice profits
Explanation:
In this quote, Thurgood Marshall is talking about the time between the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation (which was supposed to free slaves in the Confederacy) to the Brown vs. Board case which ruled that "separate but equal" is unconstitutional.
The reason he brings up these two events is because it shows how little progress American society has changed in these 90 years. Even though African-Americans were supposed to be free citizens after the Emancipation Proclamation, they were still treated as second class citizens in the US. They were constantly targets of voter discrimination, violence, and prejudice.
Yes, the Constitution resolved the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation. It gave more power to the central government, for Shay's Rebellion helped them realize they (the govt.) needed more power. It also included the Bill of Rights, letting the citizens know what their rights were.
A state has self-government, or is part of a larger self-governing whole (like a Federal government).
A colony is ruled by an outside power, and does not have the power to make its own laws.
