1. Take the poll from last week's post below if you haven't already.
2. https://trumptracker.github.io/ This is a nifty tool for tracking Trump's campaign promises and his progress towards those. Note what promises he has kept, broken, and compromised on. 3. Do the questions below on the three trials we reviewed last week. 4. We'll do some notes on the state government on the last 15 minutes of class. Questions: Read the following links and answer the questions below. Swann v Charlotte Mecklenburg - Read both pages 1. How many of the African-American students in Charlotte schools during the 1968-1969 school year attended all black schools? 2. What method was deemed appropriate to help desegregate schools? 3. Under what circumstances would an all-white or all-black school be illegal? 4. What other supreme court case did this ruling help support? Brown v Board of Education 5. What is the issue of this case? 6. What was the verdict of the case? Be specific. 7. Explain the legal reasoning behind the Brown v Board of Education ruling. Plessey v Ferguson 8. What event occurred that brought this case to trial? 9. Why was racial discrimination found to be legal despite 14th amendment protections? 10. How was the supreme court's decision split?
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