Chapter 5

Question 1

African Americans’ long legal struggle eventually yielded what shift in the mid-twentieth century that led to some successes for the civil rights movement?

Answer 1

Decision-making power on civil rights issues shifted from Congress to the federal courts.

Question 2

The Court’s landmark decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) yielded which doctrine that guided further civil rights decisions for almost sixty years?

Answer 2

Separate-but-equal