Brown v. Board of Education Flashcard

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What was the main result of the Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954?

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Segregated public schools were deemed unconstitutional.

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Which Supreme Court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine that Brown v. Board overturned?

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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What social issue was particularly relevant to the context of the Brown v. Board case, especially during the Cold War?

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Racial segregation and hypocrisy in the U.S. during the fight against communism

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What key argument did Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund use in the Brown case?

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Segregation itself was inherently unequal, regardless of the quality of facilities.

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What was the primary focus of the "doll tests" used in Brown v. Board of Education?

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To demonstrate the psychological effects of segregation on children

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What was the significant ruling of the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education regarding the concept of "separate but equal"?

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"Separate but equal" was deemed inherently unequal in public education.

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Which case in 1971 helped enforce the desegregation of schools by sanctioning the use of busing?

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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

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What was one of the challenges to implementing the Brown v. Board ruling fully?

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Resistance in schools, especially in the South, to full desegregation