In 2010, the top 1.2% of wealth-holders in the United States owned about _____________ of all net worth

Generally, conservatives seek to return power to

a. the executive branch. b. the courts. c. the federal government. d. state and local governments.

In 1896 the Supreme Court again addressed segregation and racial discrimination in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. What precedent was established by the ruling in this case?

a. States must act with haste to correct discriminatory laws and practices. b. Institutionalized and legalized racial segregation violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s “equal protection” clause. c. Only the state governments may address race relations. d. The Fourteenth Amendment does not give powers to the federal government to regulate local segregation issues. e. The doctrine of “separate but equal” was established and segregation was constitutional if this standard was met.