What Did the "Separate but Equal" Doctrine Mean

question 44

Multiple Choice

What did the "separate but equal" doctrine mean?

• A) Although the executive and legislative branches had separate powers and responsibilities, the two branches were constitutionally equal in importance.
• B) Southern schools were segregated, but they had similar buildings, equivalent equipment, and equally qualified and equally paid teachers.
• C) As long as facilities were equivalent, they did not have to be integrated.
• D) The northern and southern approaches to race relations were completely different, but as far as blacks were concerned they amounted to the same thing.
• E) Labor and capital had different goals and different world views, but they were all equal under the law.

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Definitions:

Backstage

In sociological and performance terms, the regions where individuals prepare and rehearse before entering the 'front stage' where they perform their social roles.

Superego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the human psyche that represents internalized societal standards, morals, and ideals, acting as a counterbalance to primal desires.

Conscience

An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.

Misbehavior

Actions or behaviors that violate social norms or rules.