USA HISTORY

THE 1970S 1969 1979

SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which was an outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
A
Administrators may limit the content of students publications.
B
Public school districts that segregate deny equal protection.
C
Students have a reduced expectation of privacy in school.
D
Criminal defendants have the right to an attorney.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.

Detailed explanation-2: -In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the “separate but equal” principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The 1954 decision declared that separate educational facilities for white and African American students were inherently unequal.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas that it was unconstitutional to separate schoolchildren by race. The Brown decision reversed the Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, an 1896 ruling that had upheld the constitutionality of “separate but equal” public accommodations.

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