Supreme Court Rulings Flashcards
1
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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- Approves segregation of dining cars.
2
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Guinn v. United States
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- overruled grandfather clause in voting registration, first case NAACP filed a brief?
3
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Gaines v. Canada
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- States have to provide equal education and rules whites & blacks can attend the same school.
4
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Morgan v. Virginia
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- Unconstitutional to desegregate interstate transport.
5
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Henderson v. United States
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- Unconstitutional to segregate dining cars, partially overturns Plessy.
6
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Sweatt v. Painter
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- Forced the admission of a black student into a white law school due to unequal facilities.
7
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McLaurin v. Oklahoma
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- Segregating a black student infringed his rights provided by the 14th Amendment.
8
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Brown v. The Board of Education
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- Desegregation of schools.
9
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Boynton v. Virginia
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- Desegregation of interstate bus terminals.