The Case of ______ Was a Landmark Case in Restricting

question 13

Multiple Choice

The case of ______ was a landmark case in restricting the rights of African Americans following the Civil War by upholding the constitutionality of legalized racial segregation.

• A) Marbury v. Madison
• B) Brown v. Board of Education
• C) Plessey v. Ferguson
• D) Dred Scott v. Sanford

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Definitions:

Land Ownership

The legal or rightful ownership of land, involving the rights to use, control, and transfer land as property.

John Winthrop

An English Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England following Plymouth Colony.

City Upon a Hill

A metaphor from a sermon by Puritan leader John Winthrop, this term highlights the belief that the American colonies had a special mission to serve as a beacon of purity and morality.

Puritans

A collective of Reformed Protestants in England during the 16th and 17th centuries aimed to cleanse the Church of England of its practices deemed "Catholic".