The supreme court's decision in plessy v. ferguson (1896) basically legalized a) discrimination of women in the workplace. b) the segregation of people according to race. c) preventing people from voting based on race. d) housing discrimination against ethnic groups.

Which statement best describes the relationship between the rule of law and democratic forms of government? o a. the rule of law ensures that leaders can only exercise the powers the people give them. b. the rule of law requires direct democracies to introduce representative government. o c. the rule of law allows elected officials to issue extremely harsh punishments for criminals. o d. the rule of law prevents democracies from growing too large to be efficiently governed.