Brown vs Board

Brown vs Board

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Linda brown had to travel a mile to a black school when the white school was a lot closer; the Supreme Court ruled it was illegal for schools to be segregated.

• Montgomery Bus Boycott 
• Brown vs. Board of Education 
• March on Washington 
• Civil Rights Act 

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What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?

• African-Americas could play sports
• Segregation of public schools became legal
• Segregation in public schools became illegal
• MLK led the March on Washington

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When Linda Brown was barred from going to the school closest to her home, this led to what legal case in 1954?

• Beacon vs Board of Education of New York City, New York
• Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
• Brown vs Board of Education of Chicago, Illinois
• Brown vs Board of Marchers, Topeka, Kansas

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1896- established “separate but equal” by which segregation became legal as long as the facilities for each race w

• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. Board of Education 

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Which court case created the constitutionality of "Separate but Equal"?

• Plessy v Ferguson
• Texas v Johnson
• Marbury v Madison
• Miranda v. Arizona

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In what state was the case filed in?

• Georgia

• Michigan

• Florida

• Kansas

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True or False: The court case started in the Supreme Court

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Which Amendment granted equal protection of the law?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

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Who led the court case?

• Warren Burger

• Earl Warren

• William Rehnquist

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What year was the Brown vs Board of Ed. case decided?

• 1954

• 1953

• 1956

• 1952

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Every person born or naturalized in the US is a citizen.  Which amendment is this?

• 12th
• 22nd
• 15th
• 14th

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3 What is the main idea of the section "Brown v. Board Of Education"? 

• (A) The case meant the end of separating students by race in public schools. 
• (B) The case required all children in the United States to attend public schools. 
• (C) The case required Kansas to give black schools the same amount of money as white schools.
• (D) The case meant that separate schools could offer equal education. 

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Marshall took the case "Brown vs. the Board of Education" to the Supreme Court and won. What were the results of this success?

• It gave Linda Brown the freedom to attend the school close to her home.
• It showed that "separate but equal" was not truly equal.
• It ended all segregation in public schools.
• All answers are correct.

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Thurgood Marshall used the U.S. Constitution to protect __________ for African Americans.

• segregation

• civil rights

• authority

• citizens

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African Americans were kept apart from other Americans in many public places, such as schools, hotels, and restaurants. This is called ______.

• a boycott
• civil rights
• a debate
• segregation

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Which of the following is an example of legal segregation?

• White Flight

• Jim Crow Laws

• DuBois Factor

• Title IX

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Keeping things or people Separate

• prejudice

• union

• confederate

• segregation

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What are Jim Crow Laws?

• Laws that placed freedom limitations on nonwhite people
• Laws that made all people work together towards a common goal

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Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

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Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

• allow children to work.
• to pay black people less than white people.
• to return a slave.
• to segregate schools.

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Marshall took the case "Brown vs. the Board of Education" to the Supreme Court and won. What were the results of this success?

• It gave Linda Brown the freedom to attend the school close to her home.

• It showed that "separate but equal" was not truly equal.

• It ended all segregation in public schools.

• All answers are correct.

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What are Jim Crow Laws?

• Laws that placed freedom limitations on nonwhite people

• Laws that made all people work together towards a common goal

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What does the NAACP stand for?

• Never Allow Anger to Conquer Peace

• North America Appreciates Common People

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• No African Americans Can Proceed

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Who was the head of the legal team that presented the school cases?r

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Thurgood Marshall

• Linda Brown's family

• A judge in Topeka, Kansas

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Who was the Brown vs. the Board of Education case named after?

• A little girl

• A school in Topeka, Kansas

• A city in Topeka, Kansas

• The color of skin of those being discriminated against

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What term generated from a former court hearing before the Brown vs. Education case helped to segregate America specifically in schools and at public facilities?

• "justice for all"
• "one nation, undivided"
• "separate but equal"
• "whites only, blacks only"

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What does the word "inferior" mean? 

• lower in rank, status, or quality
• seeking a passion or goal
• a person with little or no education 
• a segregated city or community

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What term generated from a former court hearing before the Brown vs. Education case helped to segregate America specifically in schools and at public facilities?

• "justice for all"

• "one nation, undivided"

• "separate but equal"

• "whites only, blacks only"

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Which was an outcome of the U.S Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

• Administrators may limit the content of student publications
• Public school districts that segregate deny equal protections
• Students have a reduced expectation of privacy in school
• Criminal defendants have the right to an attorney