The First Supreme Court Case to Tackle the Separate but Equal

question 36

Multiple Choice

The first Supreme Court case to tackle the separate but equal standard in the twentieth century was

• A)Plessy v.Ferguson.
• B)William v.McKinley.
• C)Sweatt v.Painter.
• D)Brown v.Board of Education.
• E)Hill v.Stone.

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Definitions:

Short Run

A period in economic analysis during which at least one input, such as plant size or capital, is fixed, limiting the ability to adjust to demand changes.

Long Run

A period in which all factors of production and costs are variable, allowing for full adjustment to changes in the economic environment.

Specialization

The process of focusing effort and resources on a limited number of activities, goods, or services to gain a comparative advantage in production.

Decreasing Returns To Scale

Long-run average total cost increases as output increases (also known as diseconomies of scale).