Question

u.s. supreme court cases regarding school segregation
in 1952, the u.s. supreme court had five cases on its docket regarding school segregation. in 1954, the following cases were combined and heard before the supreme court as brown v. board of education of topeka:

• bolling v. sharpe, with nine plaintiffs in the district of columbia
• belton v. gebhart, with 12 plaintiffs in delaware
• brown v. board of education of topeka, with 13 plaintiffs in kansas
• briggs et al. v. elliott, with 20 plaintiffs in south carolina
• davis v. county school board of prince edward county, with 163 plaintiffs in virginia

which graph correctly expresses quantitative information from the passage?
a. graph a: brown v. board of education of topeka, plaintiffs by state; area: virginia, south carolina, kansas, delaware, district of columbia; number of plaintiffs: virginia bar reaches ~163, south carolina ~20, kansas ~13, delaware ~12, district of columbia ~9
b. graph b: brown v. board of education of topeka, plaintiffs by state; area: virginia, south carolina, kansas, delaware, district of columbia; number of plaintiffs: south carolina bar reaches ~163, virginia ~20, kansas ~13, delaware ~12, district of columbia ~9
c. graph c: brown v. board of education of topeka, plaintiffs by state;... (partial, similar structure)

Explanation:

To determine the correct graph, we analyze the number of plaintiffs per area:

• District of Columbia (Bolling v. Sharpe): 9 plaintiffs (small bar).
• Delaware (Belton v. Gebhart): 12 plaintiffs (small bar, slightly longer than DC).
• Kansas (Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka): 13 plaintiffs (small bar, longer than Delaware).
• South Carolina (Briggs et al. v. Elliott): 20 plaintiffs (small bar, longer than Kansas).
• Virginia (Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County): 163 plaintiffs (tall bar, reaching ~150 - 160 range).

Graph A has Virginia's bar reaching near 150 - 160, matching 163. South Carolina's bar in A is shorter than Virginia's, matching 20 < 163. The small bars for DC (9), Delaware (12), Kansas (13) are ordered correctly (increasing length). Graph B has South Carolina's bar taller than Virginia's, which is incorrect (20 < 163). So Graph A is correct.

Answer:

A. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Plaintiffs by State (the graph with Virginia's bar reaching near 150 - 160, South Carolina's bar shorter than Virginia's, and small bars for DC, Delaware, Kansas in increasing length)