"Separate, but Never Equal" Passage

Why is this essay titled "Separate, but Never Equal"?

• It shows that if two things are separated, they can never possibly be equal.

• It explains how whites and blacks were separated but never treated equally.

• Equality means that something can never be broken into separate parts.

• Whites wanted blacks to be separated and treated equally.

What was the result of the court case of Plessy v. Ferguson?

• riots and demonstrations

• equality regardless of color

• lawful racial segregation

• voting privileges for women and blacks

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According to the article, what would happen on a bus if too many white people got on?

• The white section kept moving back, and the blacks would stand.

• Everyone shared seats regardless of color.

• Blacks were forced to get off the bus even though they had already paid.

• Whites would have to stand at the front of the bus in their section.

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How did the white schools compare to the black schools?

• White schools let only a few black students attend classes there.

• White schools were better maintained and more modern.

• Black schools were always within walking distance of students' homes.

• White schools had textbooks, and the black school never did.

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What did the Supreme Court decide during the case of Brown v. Board of Education?

• Blacks and whites could never be equal.

• The separate schools for blacks had to be equal to the separate schools for whites.

• Segregated schools were unequal by their very nature.

• The Board of Education was guilty of treason.

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In the second paragraph, Mara Rockliff notes white of the following differences and similarities?

• differences in water fountains for blacks and whites

• similarities in where blacks and whites bought theater tickets

• differences for blacks and whites when they rode on buses

• seating differences for blacks and whites in the movie theater

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The essay says that blacks, compared to whites, couldn't-

• be served at a takeout window

• return a dress once they bought it

• shop in department stores

• eat at any restaurants

According to the article, the most separate and most unequal aspect of segregation was--

• theater seating

• restaurant dining

• bus seating

• public schooling

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Paragraphs 2, 3, 4, and 5 all compare and contrast--

• the United States and the apartheid in South Africa

• customs in the North and the South

• court cases decided by the Supreme Court

• how people were treated based on their skin color

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If you compare the Supreme Court's decision in 1896 with its decision in 1954, you can see that-

• the Supreme Court realized that its earlier decision was mistaken

• the Supreme Court ruled fairly in both cases

• the Supreme Court ruled unfairly in both cases

• the Supreme Court was less powerful than the Board of Education

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