GED Social Studies : Civil Rights and Demographics
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Example Question #1 : Minorities In The United States
The Supreme Court case, Dred Scott v. Sandford __________
ruled that African Americans were not citizens of the United States.
established the precedent of separate, but equal.
forbade the extension of slavery into the territories.
ruled that African Americans could serve in public office.
found that the doctrine of separate, but equal was inherently unconstitutional.
ruled that African Americans were not citizens of the United States.
The Supreme Court case, Dred Scott v. Sandford took place in 1857, in the build-up to Civil War. The court ruled that Scott did not have the right to bring a case before the United States government, as he was an African American and thus not a citizen of the United States. The court also ruled that Congress could make no laws preventing the extension of slavery into the territories. Unsurprisingly, it was a controversial court case, even at the time, yet was mostly ignored by those in the North.
Example Question #1 : Minorities In The United States
The provision in the Fourteenth Amendment which forbids the states from discrimination on the grounds of race in their legal practices is called __________.
Federalist No. 51
The Equal Protection Clause
The Double Jeopardy Clause
Federalist No. 10
The Due Process Clause
The Equal Protection Clause
The Equal Protection clause states that no state within the union can deny any person the full and equal protection of its laws, particularly on the basis of race or other "arbitrary distinctions." It was passed in 1868, as part of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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