What prompted the U.S. Supreme Court to advance the cause of civil rights in the 1950s, beginning with the landmark 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education?
(A) The Court believed that it was the only branch of government with the constitutional authority to
do so.
(B) The Court was dominated and heavily influenced by New Deal liberals appointed by President Roosevelt.
(C) President Eisenhower had requested the Court to intervene in the matter of civil rights.
(D) Congress and the presidency had largely abdicated their responsibility by taking a hands-off approach to civil rights.
(E) The Court sought to ensure that its earlier historical precedents in the area of civil rights, such as Plessy v. Ferguson, were upheld.
Ans: (D) Congress and the presidency had largely abdicated their responsibility by taking a hands-off approach to civil rights.
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