Supreme Court and Civil Rights: Guided Notes

*Answer the following questions while following along with the lecture 1.Who was Dred Scott and why was he important? Why did he file suit?

2. What was the Supreme Courts decision once they ruled on Dred Scott v. Sanford?

3. What was the Plessy v. Ferguson case about?

4. What did the Supreme Court ultimately rule in the Plessy v. Ferguson case? What was the overall impact on the courts decision?

5. What was the Meyer v. Nebraska case about? What did the Supreme Court rule? Why was the rule important?

6. Who was Lionel Gaines? Why is he important? Why did he file suit against the state of Missouri?

7. What did the Supreme Court rule in Missouri ex el Gaines v. Canada? What was the overall impact of the case in regards to the NAACP?

8. What were the Supreme Court cases in which the Supreme Court ruled public law and graduate school segregation unconstitutional? What was the overall impact of the ruling?

9. What was the Supreme Courts decision in Brown v. Board of Education? How is the decision relevant today?