In 1896, what decision by the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the principle of racial segregation if the facilities for blacks and whites were separate but equal?
a. Meredith v. Mississippi
b. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
c. Plessy v. Ferguson
d. Miranda v. Arizona
(Answer: c)
You might also like to view...
The growing gap between rich and poor partly reflects
a. the increase of dual career families b. the increasing numbers of poor people. c. the increase of single-parent families. d. both a and c.
The view of the family as a "haven in a heartless world" was encouraged by
A) industrialization. B) urbanization. C) immigration. D) all of the above three
One suggested consequence of modernization is movement toward a "symmetrical society." This means:
a. a higher average level of education b. greater economic equality among all groups in society c. greater equality between men and women d. greater political equality
Conflict theorists believe that prisons are mostly about public safety.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)