Thurgood Marshall

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

In which branch of government did Thurgood serve?

• executive
• judicial
• legislative
• none of them

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.

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.

Where was Thurgood born?

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

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.

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

• Vice President
• Supreme Court judge
• NAACP judge
• President

Thurgood worked hard on the Supreme Court for 24 years. This showed ___________.

• diligence
• liberty
• respect for and acceptance of authority
• justice

A system of keeping certain people separate from others is called __________.

• civil rights
• slavery
• boycott
• segregation

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The basic freedoms that all citizens deserve to have are called __________.

• debate
• boycott
• authority
• civil rights