Why did the supreme court decide in 1938 that lloyd gaines, an african american, must be admitted to the university of missouri law school? a the state of missouri did not have a separate law school for gaines to attend. b the supreme court wanted to increase the number of african american lawyers. c the supreme court ruled that the missouri law school for african americans was inferior. d the supreme court was upholding the civil rights act passed by congress.

The correct answer is a The state of Missouri did not have a separate law school for Gaines to attend.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Gaines and held that the separate but equal doctrine required that Missouri either admit him or set up a separate law school for African Americans

the first 10 amendments to the u.s. constitution are known as the bill of rights. those 10 amendments establish the most basic freedoms for americans including the rights to worship how they want, speak how they want, and assembly and peaceably protest their government how they want. the amendments have also been subject to much interpretation since their adoption, particularly the right to carry a gun under the second amendment.

"a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference," said thomas jefferson, the author of the declaration of independence and the third president of the united states.