1. For much of the conflict, both the Union and the Confederacy depicted the Civil War as a
struggle over the issue of states' rights. In "The Gettysburg Address," however, Lincoln did not
define the war in these terms. How do you think Lincoln's assertion that the war was really
about freedom, equality and the survival of the United States affected the way Northerners
viewed the war's importance? Why would this change in how Northerners viewed the war have
been one that Lincoln would have encouraged and welcomed?

Read the excerpt from a supporting opinion of the supreme court’s ruling in plessy v. ferguson, 1896. laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in places where they are liable to be brought into contact do not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their police power. how does this relate to the premises of brown v. board of education? the brown case addresses whether state legislatures are equipped to judge the quality of education offered at segregated schools. the brown case addresses whether authorities believe that one race is inferior to another when creating public schools. the brown case addresses whether these laws inherently deny certain citizens equal protection under the law. the brown case addresses the legality of using police power to monitor public places separated by race.