Brown v Board of Ed/ Plessy v. Ferguson

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

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Texas v Johnson

• Marbury v Madison

• Miranda v. Arizona

Which court case overruled Plessy v Ferguson and declared that separate is not equal? 

• Mapp v Ohio

• Gideon v Wainwright

• US v Nixon

• Brown v Board of Ed

Keeping things or people Separate

• prejudice

• union

• confederate

• segregation

Which of the following is an example of legal segregation?

• White Flight

• Jim Crow Laws

• DuBois Factor

• Title IX

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

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. 

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

• 12th

• 22nd

• 15th

• 14th

According to the Supreme Court opinion in Brown v. Board of Education, what is the importance of the Fourteenth Amendment to the case?

• The amendment requires that all citizens be treated equally under the law.

• The amendment explicitly forbids segregation of schools on the basis of race.

• The amendment says that all citizens deserve the same educational opportunities.

• The amendment forbids differences in quality between various public institutions.

Which statement best summarizes the opinion concerning segregation in Brown v. Board of Education?

• The Fourteenth Amendment does not mention public education.

• Some earlier court decisions allowed schools to segregate students on the basis of race.

• It is unconstitutional for public schools to segregate students on the basis of race.

• An earlier court decision allowed “separate but equal” school facilities for white and African American children.

Why was Homer Plessy arrested in 1892?

• He drank from an all white water fountain

• He swam at an all white pool

• He sat in the white section of a theater

• He rode on the all white train car