What is the primary significance of the brown v board of education of topeka supreme court decision of 1954?
a) it sparked years of nonviolent civil rights demonstrations in the south.
b) it ruled that segregation in public schools violated the fourteenth amendment.
c) it launched the career of thurgood marshall, who became a supreme court justice.
d) it resulted in a federal court order to desegregate little rock, arkansas’ central high school.

Ademocratic government allows its citizens to vote directly on most issues. however, the citizens cannot simply pass any law they want. the government has a constitution guaranteeing that certain rights can never be denied to any citizen. these guarantees were included to make sure the most popular political parties would be unable to pass laws limiting the political rights of their opponents. which principle of democracy does the government described in the passage most directly represent? a. valuing the need to compromise b. recognizing the worth and dignity of the individual c. accepting majority rule but insisting on minority rights d. respecting the equality of all citizens