Instructions: Watch the video and read the articles. Answer ALL the questions. Simply copy and paste the questions and write at least 4-5 sentences in response to each question. All answers must be written in your own words. Do not cut and paste text from books or websites.
Questions:
What is the significance of this case in the context of the struggle for civil rights?
Why is segregation harmful? What arguments were presented in court?
What's wrong with the "separate but equal doctrine"?
What did Mendez v. Westminster accomplish? What did it fail to do?
In what ways did school segregation violate the 14th Amendment?
Why are schools in California among the most segregated in the nation today?
What's the connection between this case and Brown v. Board of Education
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