Civil Rights Court Cases

Question 1

Sweatt v. Painter summary

Answer 1

Ruled that in states where public graduate and professional schools existed for white students but not for black students, black students must be admitted to the all-white schools and that the equal protection clause required Sweatt’s admission to the University of Texas School of Law.

Question 2

Plessy v. Ferguson summary

Answer 2

Ruled that Louisiana state law allowed for “equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races” keyword separate but equal.

Question 3

Delgado v. Bastrop summary

Answer 3

Ruled that Mexican-American children could not be segregated from white schools (this was one of the first successful desegregation cases in the state)

Question 4

Hernadez v. Texas summary

Answer 4

Ruled that Pete Hernandez’s ruling for murder should be overturned because Mexican Americans had been stopped from being on the jury that convicted him.

Question 5

Brown v. Board of Education summary

Answer 5

Ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional.

Question 6

Mendez v. Westminister summary

Answer 6

Ruled to overturn racial segregation in education in California (set a precedent for the later Brown v. Board of Education case)

Question 7

Wisconsin v. Yoder summary

Answer 7

Ruled that Wisconsin’s school attendance law was unconstitutional as applied to the Amish because it violated their First Amendment right to free exercise of religion.

Question 8

Sweatt v. Painter Date

Answer 8

1950

Question 9

Plessy v. Ferguson Date

Answer 9

1896

Question 10

Delgado v. Bastrop Date

Answer 10

1948

Question 11

Hernadez v. Texas Date

Answer 11

1954 (a month before Brown v. Board of Education)

Question 12

Brown v. Board of Education Date

Answer 12

1954

Question 13

Mendez v. Westminister Date

Answer 13

1947

Question 14

Wisconsin v. Yoder Date

Answer 14

1972