The correct answer is that the Treaty of Torcdesilias divided the land outside of Europe between Spain and Portugal. The effect of this is that much of the New World was, by Treaty, Spain's land.
If the President, VP and Speaker of the House is unable to serve by death, incapacitation, impeachment, etc...the President Pro Tempore of the Senate will be the successor of the United States.
The correct answer is D) protected legal rights for many marginalized groups.
Since the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause has protected legal rights for many marginalized groups.
The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, as part of the Amendments during Reconstruction, granted citizenship to former black slaves and protection of the laws. This decision also impacted other marginalized groups in the country, that benefited from the Supreme Court's decision.
The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. overturned the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson.
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court had ruled the constitutionality of "separate but equal." But many years later this decision was reversed by another Supreme Court resolution in the case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas decided on May 17. 1954. The judges decided that "separate but equal" regarding public school facilities violated the Equal Protection established in the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution.
Because back then the south and north had different political views. In the north African Americans were free slaves meaning people weren’t allowed to own slaves in the North. In the south, it was a slaved owned party, meaning every african american were slaves. I believe they were hesitant to move away from the south because they believed they would receive the same treatment.
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