Since segregation laws did not provide equal protections or liberties to non-whites, the ruling was not consistent with the 14th Amendment. The others contradict the initial question in one way or another.
A, because to eat describes what she will do with the apple, and adjectives describe nouns (apple is a noun).
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The answer is falling action.
