Séance 2 - Dates

Question 1

17th and 18th c.

Answer 1

Enlightenment

Question 2

1776

Answer 2

Declaration of independance and creation of States

Question 3

Late 18th c.

Answer 3

• Separation of powers by function
• Ratification period of the Bill of Rights
• Influencial philosophers like Hobbes and Locke

Question 4

1896

Answer 4

Plessy v. Ferguson

“separate but equal” laws

Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as “separate but equal”.

Question 5

1954

Answer 5

Brown V. Board of Institution

Overruled “seperate but equal” doctrine
-> unconstitutional

Decision by the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality