Thurgood Marshall

Where was Thurgood Marshall born? 

• Baltimore Maryland 
• Ohio
• France
• Jacksonville, Florida

What is the constitution of the United States?

• A journal article 
• a letter written to Thurgood Marshall
• a plan for the government of the united states

Segregation affected Marshall's life?

• True 
• False

What does NAACP stand for?

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• No Apples At Camp Plants

Marshall was one of the lawyers who helped a little girl go to school in Topeka, Kansas?

• True
• False

Thurgood Marshall became _______.

• a president of the United States.
• a principal in a school who fought racism.
• the first African American on the Supreme Court.
• one of the authors of the constitution.

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Why didn't Thurgood attend the University of Maryland's Law school?

• It was too far from his home.
• He didn't want to go to law school.
• They didn't allow African Americans to attend.
• His father didn't want him to go there.

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What is Thurgood Marshall best known for being?

• The first African American lawyer.
• The first African American Supreme Court judge.
• The first African American voter.
• The first African American college student.

Thurgood's father taught him how to argue a point. This is called __________.

• a debate
• segregation
• an agreement
• a boycott

To keep Thurgood busy, his teachers had him study the ________.

• Declaration of Independence
• United States Constitution
• Star Spangled Banner
• Pledge of Allegiance