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Loving vs. Virginia

  •  English    10     Public
    Law class chapter 31 Marriage-Loving vs. Virginia
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  • What were anti-miscegenation laws?
    blacks could not own a business with whites
    blacks could not marry whites
    blacks could not go to school with whites
    blacks could not work with whites
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  • What year did the Supreme Court hear the case loving versus Virginia
    1957
    1977
    1987
    1967
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  • At the time of their case how many states had laws against interracial marriages?
    4
    12
    8
    17
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  • What was the name of the Attorney General that Mildred Loving wrote to about their case?
    Robert Kennedy
    Martin Luther King
    Adlai Stevenson
    John F Kennedy
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  • The Loving's got married in 1958 during the Civil Rights Movement.
    true
    false
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  • The lawyers that took their case charged them a contingency fee.
    true
    false
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  • The Lovings were arrested by the police after finding them
    in bed together
    eating out
    at the movies
    at the store
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  • Following their arrest the Loving"s
    put on probation
    sentenced to 5 years in jail
    fined $5000 dollars
    were sentenced one year in jail or leave the state
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  • Why did the Loving's move back to Virginia after being told to stay away?
    that is where they worked
    they lost the lease on their house
    the missed their family
    the schools were better
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  • What percentage of marriages today are interracial?
    10
    20
    5
    33
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