Unit 9 The Civil Rights Movement, Obj. #3 Equality in Schools

Which of the following is TRUE about Spanish & Mexican schools in California?

• Students who attended these schools were believed to be unclean, ill-mannered, non-English speaking and not intelligent.

• They were designed to "Americanize" Mexican & Mexican-American children.

• Campuses were often located in poor areas with facilities that were cramped, old, and unsafe.

• All of the above

Which court case resulted in the end of segregated, public schools in California, like the Spanish or Mexican schools?

• Obergefell v. Hodges

• Mendez vs. Westminster

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• • Miranda v. Arizona.

Overturning the legal concept of "separate but equal," this United States Supreme Court case ended racial segregation in US public schools:

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Roe vs. Wade

• Marbury v. Madison.

As an elementary student, he read the US Constitution in the school's basement as punishment for misbehavior. He was later known as Mr. Civil Rights, leading the NAACP's Legal and Defense fund and fighting segregation in public schools.

• Clarence Thomas

• Earl Warren

• Thurgood Marshall

• John Marshall Harlan

In the fall of 1957, this collection of Black students became the first to attend Central High School in Arkansas. They endured harassments and threats of violence before 1,000 US military personnel were ordered by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to escort and protect them during the school year.

• East LA Thirteen

• Magnificent Seven

• Little Rock Nine

• Birmingham Foot Soldiers