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What did the Dred Scott case and
Plessy v. Ferguson have in
common?
They were both about the rights of African
Americans to education.
They were both Supreme Court cases that set
back the causes of rights for African Americans.
They both upheld Jim Crow laws.
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Correct answer: They were both Supreme Court cases that set back the causes of rights for African Americans.
Briefly: Dred Scott (1857) ruled that Black people, enslaved or free, were not U.S. citizens and had no standing to sue, denying basic rights. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) upheld "separate but equal" segregation, legally entrenching racial discrimination. The first choice is wrong (neither case was primarily about education), and the third is only true of Plessy, not Dred Scott.
Briefly: Dred Scott (1857) ruled that Black people, enslaved or free, were not U.S. citizens and had no standing to sue, denying basic rights. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) upheld "separate but equal" segregation, legally entrenching racial discrimination. The first choice is wrong (neither case was primarily about education), and the third is only true of Plessy, not Dred Scott.
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