Answer:
Question 1. 14th amendment:
(1868) Granted citizenship to all person born in or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves, and guaranteed rights to all citizens.
Question 2. Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment:
nor shall any State deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Question 3. Brown v Board of Education:
This Supreme Court decision reversed the separate but equal doctrine by stating that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal
Question 4. Plessy v. Ferguson:
This Supreme Court decision established the concept of "separate but equal"
Question 5. Baker v. Carr.
This Supreme Court decision established that state voting districts are subject to review by a federal court, and that the Court has the authority to establish equal protection nights even in actions of state legislatures.
Explanations for above answers:
1. After the American Civil War, there was growing concern about the rights of freed slaves. This amendment was written to make sure that all citizens are treated equally under the law.
2. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which contains the Equal Protection Clause, guarantees equal protection under the law to all citizens of the United States. The goal of this section was to stop state governments from being unfair to any group or person.
3. The Brown v. Board of Education lawsuit was filed against the Topeka, Kansas Board of Education in 1951. School segregation violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, according to the plaintiffs, a group of African American children.
4. Racially segregated schools were legalized by the Supreme Court's Plessy v. Ferguson ruling. Prior to this judgment, segregation was neither explicitly authorized nor banned by law. This case was a turning point in the way "equal" segregation was treated in the law.
5. The state's legislative apportionment system was contested by Shelby County, Tennessee citizen Charles Baker and others in a lawsuit against Tennessee Commissioner of Elections Joe Carr. Every county in Tennessee was required to have a representation in the state legislature by law at the time.
Answer:
Explanation:
14th amendment:
(1868) Granted citizenship to all person born in or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves, and guaranteed rights to all citizens.
Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment:
nor shall any State deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Brown v Board of Education:
This Supreme Court decision reversed the separate but equal doctrine by stating that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal
Plessy v. Ferguson:
This Supreme Court decision established the concept of "separate but equal"
Baker v. Carr.
This Supreme Court decision established that state voting districts are subject to review by a federal court, and that the Court has the authority to establish equal protection nights even in actions of state legislatures.
