How did the Court's reasoning change? Read the following statements and decide whether they are from the plessy decision (supporting separate but equal) or the Brown decision (rejecting separate but equal) mark each statement PL for Plessy or BR for Brown.

1. The 14th Amendment could not have been intended to abolish.______

2. The impact of separating people just because of race is even bigger when the law says it's okay.______

3. Laws that allow or require the races to be separate do not necessarily imply that one race is inferior. _____

4. Just because racial segregation existed when the 14th Amendment was adopted in 1868 doesn't mean
it is constitutional. ______

5.Separate educational facilities are naturally unequal.______

6. State governments have the power to decide whether to keep the races separate._______

7. Children and adults can be treated differently under the law, so equality under the law doesn't mean
blacks and whites must be treated exactly the same._______

8. Making facilities equal isn't enough as long as blacks and whites are still are separated._______

9. The 14th Amendment could not have been intended to force the two races to mingle together when
they don't want to.________

10. Research shows that separating white and black children just because of their race makes black
children feel like they are inferior._________

11. If requiring blacks and whites to be separate suggests that blacks are inferior, it is only because black
people choose to see it that
way.________

12. Laws cannot change social prejudices._______

13. Blacks and whites can only have social equality by appreciating each other and choosing to be together.______

14. Separating the races in school makes them unequal under the law and violates the 14th Amendment.
________