A Flexible Framework
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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.
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.
