Question
The equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment was most clearly responsible for which of the following?
A. the increase in equality promoted by the Civil Rights Act of 1964
B. the desegregation of public schools
C. the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Lopez D. the increase in state control of social welfare programs
A. the increase in equality promoted by the Civil Rights Act of 1964
B. the desegregation of public schools
C. the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Lopez D. the increase in state control of social welfare programs
Answers
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The equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment was most clearly responsible for:
**B. the desegregation of public schools**
This clause has been a fundamental basis for legal challenges to racial segregation and discrimination, most notably in the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which declared that state-sponsored segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
**B. the desegregation of public schools**
This clause has been a fundamental basis for legal challenges to racial segregation and discrimination, most notably in the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which declared that state-sponsored segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.