Implications of Brown vs Board of Education

What was the outcome of the Plessy vs. Ferguson case?

• Racial segregation was deemed unconstitutional

• Access to quality education.

• Established separate but equal precedent.

• Provided the legal foundation for the Civil Rights Movement.

What did the Supreme Court rule in the Brown vs. Board of Education case?

• Segregated schools are unconstitutional

• Segregated schools are necessary

• Segregated schools are inherently equal

• Segregated schools are inherently unequal

What did the 14th Amendment grant to African Americans?

• Citizenship and equal protection of the laws

• Voting rights

• Right to own property

• Access to quality education

What did the 15th amendment protect for African American men?

• Access to quality education

• Citizenship

• Equal protection of the laws

• Voting rights

Who was the president of the United States in the late 1960s who championed education for disadvantaged students?

• Jimmy Carter

• Lyndon Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

Which federal law banned discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity in all federally funded programs, including public schools?

• Patriot Act

• Voting Rights Act

• Affordable Care Act

• Civil Rights Act

What finally made schools begin to desegregate?

• Threat of violence

• Threat of losing federal funds

• Threat of explusion

• Threat of legal action

What was the name of the federal program that provided 4 billion dollars to aid disadvantaged students?

• Elementary and Secondary Education Act

• Head Start

• Civil Rights Act

• Affordable Care Act

What is the name of the federal program that promotes early childhood development and narrows education disparities among socioeconomically disadvantaged children?

• No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

• Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

• Head Start

• Title I

What is the federal program designed to provide financial assistance to schools with a high percentage of low-income families, aiming to narrow educational disparities?

• Head Start

• Title I

• Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

• No Child Left Behind (NCLB)