1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
ehidna [41]
3 years ago
10

The two Supreme Court cases, Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education, addressed which of these issues?

History
2 answers:
quester [9]3 years ago
5 0

Correct answer:

<h2>B. equal protection under the 14th Amendment</h2>

Historical background/details:

In the decades after the Civil War, states in the South began to pass laws that sought to keep white and black society separate.  In the 1880s, a number of  state legislatures began to pass laws requiring railroads to provide separate cars for passengers who were black.  At the heart of the case that became <em>Plessy v. Ferguson</em> was an 1890 law passed in Louisiana in 1890 that required railroads to provide "separate railway carriages for the white and colored races.”

In 1892, Homer Plessy, who was 1/8 black, bought a first class train railroad ticket, took a seat in the whites only section, and then informed the conductor that he was part black.  He was removed from the train and jailed.  He argued for his civil rights before Judge John Howard Ferguson and was found guilty.  His case went all the way to the Supreme Court which at that time upheld the idea of "separate but equal" facilities.

Several decades later, the 1896 <em>Plessy v. Ferguson </em>decision was overturned.  <em>Brown v. Board of Education</em>, decided by the US Supreme Court in 1954, extended civil liberties to all Americans in regard to access to education. The "separate but equal" principle of <em>Plessy v. Ferguson</em> had been applied to education as it had been to transportation. In Topeka, Kansas, Oliver Brown filed a lawsuit after the public school district refused to enroll his daughter in the school closest to their home, making her instead take a bus to a blacks-only school.  Other families joined the Brown family lawsuit.  When it went to the level of the Supreme Court, there were other cases from other parts of the country that the Supreme Court combined with it.  The full name of the case at the Supreme Court level was <em>Oliver Brown, et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka, et al.  </em>The arguments were heard before the Supreme Court in 1952 and 1953, and the <em>Brown v. Board of Education </em>decision was issued  in 1954.   The standard of "separate but equal" was challenged and defeated. Segregation was shown to create inequality, and the Supreme Court unanimously ruled segregation to be unconstitutional.

The 14th Amendment was being violated by states whose laws supported the segregation of schools.  Section 1 of the 14th Amendment reads as follows:

  • <em>All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.</em>
mixas84 [53]3 years ago
4 0
Its B. Both of the cases concerned the rights of african americans to go to the same schools a white americans. Plessy vs Ferguson established seperate but equal and Brown vs BoE declared seperate but equal as unconstitutional.
You might be interested in
Why was the Ems telegram of particular importance?
In-s [12.5K]
Ems telegram was of particular importance because it <span>started the Franco-Prussian War. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the third option or option "c". The other choices can be neglected. I hope that this is the answer that has actually come to your desired help.</span>
3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
ASAPPPPPPPPPPPP FAST ANSWERRRRRRRR
andriy [413]
Así es esta muy bien te lo mereces
4 0
3 years ago
Martin Luther started the protestant movement when he split from the church in 1517. What are from Europe was he from?
RoseWind [281]
<span>Martin Luther started the protestant movement when he split from the church in 1517 in Germany. He came to reject some of the teaching and practices of the Roman Catholic. The answer is letter D. I hope my answer helps. </span>
6 0
3 years ago
Help, will mark brainliest !
katrin2010 [14]

Answer:

The first argument.

Explanation:

Because America wanted to stop communism from spreading into the Western hemisphere to curtail soviet influence there.

3 0
3 years ago
Help me please :)
Nina [5.8K]
Nashville tenessee  is correct



8 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • How did the persian gulf conflict end
    10·1 answer
  • Senators serve 4-year terms?<br> True or False
    6·1 answer
  • Which of these is a form of authoritarian government in which power is typically handed down through family lines and rulers sta
    6·1 answer
  • Which of these statements about the Cuban Revolution are true? Check all that apply.
    15·2 answers
  • The institutional arrangement that creates two relatively autonomous (independent) levels of government, each possessing the cap
    8·2 answers
  • School band members need to raise money for new uniforms. Some members want to sell energy drinks at a
    7·2 answers
  • How did slavery support the growth of the British empire
    9·1 answer
  • 2. What part of the country would vote for Lincoln? The north or the south? Why?
    7·2 answers
  • Why did Southern Democrats Trust Franklin Pierce to represent their party in the election of 1852? He disagreed with the passage
    6·1 answer
  • (HC)Why did Civil Rights leaders expect that World War II would help their movement reach its goals more quickly?
    5·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!