PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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Question
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One similarity between the laws being challenged in the United States Supreme Court cases of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Korematsu v. United States (1944) is that
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specific groups of people were being targeted based on race or ethnicity
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state laws were declared unconstitutional
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immigrants were relocated to prison camps
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federal laws segregating public transportation were upheld
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Plessy v. Ferguson decision upheld the principle of racial segregation over the next half-century. The ruling provided legal justification for segregation on trains and buses, and in public facilities such as hotels, theaters, and schools.
Detailed explanation-2: -How are the Supreme Court decisions in Korematsu v. United States (1944) and Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) similar? Both decisions limited the civil rights of racial or ethnic minorities.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ferguson was case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May, 18, 1896 that ruled that “separate, but equal” facilities were constitutional. This case was overturned by Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.
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