A Flexible Framework
7.2
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Discussion
• As you have learned from other chapters, the
Supreme Court interprets the laws of the U.S.
• Sometimes, these Supreme Court decisions
can be changed.
• Was the Dred Scott case overturned?
• Yes, by the _____ Amendment.
Discussion cont.
• Everybody must be treated fairly according to the
_____ Amendment.
• Sometimes, Supreme Court cases have to be
overturned due to people not being treated fairly.
• This is the case with the phrase _____ but equal
– Blacks had separate schools, restrooms, diners, ect.
from whites.
– They were _____, or separated.
– They could be different, but must be exactly the same.
Discussion cont.
• _____ v. Ferguson (1896)
• Homer _____, a black man, boarded and
refused to leave a whites-only train car.
• The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was
allowable under the _____th
Amendment as long as the
facilities were equal.
Discussion cont.
• Many people believed the separate facilities
were far from equal
– Black facilities were worse than
white ones.
• People, such as lawyer
_____Marshall, started to
fight segregation as being
unequal.
Discussion cont.
• _____ v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
• Linda _____ of Topeka, KS had to go 21 blocks
to a black school, even though she lived only 7
blocks from a white school.
• Marshall argued that the act of
being separate made blacks feel
unequal (pg. 160).
• The Supreme Court found for
_____, erasing segregation.
Discussion cont.
• Various laws have been passed to help fight
racism.
• One is _____Action, or steps to fight
companies that favor only white males.
– This works by requiring these companies to hire so
many women, minorities, etc.
Discussion cont.
• _____v. Martin Marietta Corp. (1971)
• Ida _____ was denied a job with Martin Marietta
because she had small children.
• The company believed raising _____ interfered
with women’s job performance.
• The court ruled for _____.
• It was unfair to have two different hiring policies
for men and women.
Discussion cont.
• Regents of the University of California v.
_____ (1978)
• There was an affirmative action program in
the medical school at the University of
California at Davis.
• One person, Allan _____, complained that he
was not admitted because he was
white.
– He said the college had to approve
minorities, so he could not get in.
Discussion cont.
• The Supreme Court ruled for ______ (p. 162)
– Race could be a factor, but not the only one.