099 - Brown v. Board of Education

1. Charles Hamilton Houston left which university to become an attorney for the NAACP?

• Howard

• Harvard

• Yale

• Wilberforce

Fill in the blank. Houston believed that the battle for civil rights had to be won in _________ and be fought in the ________.

• public transportation, courts

• schools, Congress

• public transportation, Congress

• schools, courts

The Gaines v. Canada case can best be described as:

• A significant step forward but not the end game of segregation.

• The case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.

• The case that ended segregation in public schools.

• A huge let down for those fighting for equality.

Which of the following statements is true about the Supreme Court’s rulings in the law school cases?

• The series of law school cases assisted in enforcing ‘equal’ in separate but equal.

• The series of law school cases reversed the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson.

• The series of law school cases proved why segregation should remain.

• The series of law school cases abolished the legal doctrine of separate but equal.

Barbara Johns of Moton High School:

• Started a petition to get new and better buses for black children

• Led a student strike because the high school building was not equal to the building for whites.

• Was arrested for sitting in a whites-only section on a bus.

• Led a student strike because the teachers at her black school were not qualified to teach.

The school were Barbara Johns challenged equality became apart of the Brown v. Board of Education cases that overturned the Plessy ruling.

• True

• False

Which branch of government decided the Brown v. Board of Education case?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

• Federal

Which level of government decided the Brown v. Board of Education case?

• Local

• State

• Federal

• Judicial

Which came first?

• Thurgood Marshall works on the Brown v. Board of Education case

• 14th Amendment

• The US Supreme Court announces that “separate but equal” has no place in public schools

• Homer Plessy challenged the Separate Train Car Act

Which came first?

• Thurgood Marshall works on the Brown v. Board of Education case

• Barbara Johns organizes a student walkout

• The US Supreme Court announces that “separate but equal” has no place in public schools

• Gaines v. Canada – Missouri must provide a black law school