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Thurgood Marshall

Authored by Mary Jane Peevy

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2nd - 3rd Grade

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Thurgood Marshall
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

In which branch of government did Thurgood serve?

executive
judicial
legislative
none of them

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Where was Thurgood born?

Mayesville, South Carolina
Boston, Massachusetts
Rochester, New York
Baltimore, Maryland

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

President Lyndon B. Johnson chose Thurgood to serve as a __________. 

Vice President
Supreme Court judge
NAACP judge
President

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

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