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Brown v. Board of Education 38. Which statement is a valid conclusion based on President Dwight D. Eisenhower's approach to applying the Brown v. Board of Education ruling to the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas? 1. State governors do not have to 3. Some Supreme Court decisions are obey Supreme Court rulings. not effective unless the President enforces them. 2. Presidents refuse to allow military 4. Presidents have been unwilling to intervention in local disputes. enforce laws pertaining to minorities.

39. Which generalization can most accurately be drawn from a study of Supreme Court cases Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education? 1. The Supreme Court has issued 3. The justices believe that social consistent decisions in cases issues are best left for state courts to involving rights of the accused. decide. 2. Supreme Court decisions are 4. The Supreme Court has helped to accepted without public controversy. determine public policy.

40. "We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." --Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Which constitutional idea was the basis for this Supreme Court decision? 1. protection against double jeopardy 3. freedom of speech 2. equal protection of the law 4. right of assembly

41. "We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal...." -- Chief Justice Earl Warren, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka This quotation illustrates the Supreme Court's power to

1. uphold previous decisions 2. overrule state laws

3. check the powers of the executive branch 4. provide for educational funding

42. In 1954, the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka advanced the civil rights movement by 1. guaranteeing equal voting rights to 3. declaring that racial segregation in African Americans public schools violated the 14th amendment 2. banning racial segregation in hotels 4. upholding the principle of separate and restaurants but equal public facilities