What was the main result of the Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954?
Brown v. Board of Education Quiz

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 10 pts
Segregated schools were deemed constitutional.
Public schools were allowed to segregate by choice.
Segregated schools were deemed acceptable if they were equal in quality.
Segregated public schools were deemed unconstitutional.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 10 pts
Which Supreme Court case had previously established the "separate but equal" doctrine that Brown v. Board overturned?
Marbury v. Madison
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dred Scott v. Sandford
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 10 pts
What social issue was particularly relevant to the context of the Brown v. Board case, especially during the Cold War?
The economic status of Black Americans
Religious freedom in schools
Gender inequality
Racial segregation and hypocrisy in the U.S. during the fight against communism
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 10 pts
What key argument did Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund use in the Brown case?
Schools for Black children were less funded than those for white children.
Public schools were mostly integrated in the South.
Desegregation should only apply to high schools.
Segregation itself was inherently unequal, regardless of the quality of facilities.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 10 pts
What was the primary focus of the "doll tests" used in Brown v. Board of Education?
To test the academic abilities of Black children
To determine which dolls children preferred based on color
To measure physical differences between Black and white children
To demonstrate the psychological effects of segregation on children
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 10 pts
What was the significant ruling of the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education regarding the concept of "separate but equal"?
"Separate but equal" was acceptable in some circumstances.
"Separate but equal" was unconstitutional in all public facilities.
Segregation was only unconstitutional in schools.
"Separate but equal" was deemed inherently unequal in public education.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 10 pts
Which case in 1971 helped enforce the desegregation of schools by sanctioning the use of busing?
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Miranda v. Arizona
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 10 pts
What was one of the challenges to implementing the Brown v. Board ruling fully?
Lack of support from African American communities
The abolition of public schools in southern states
The absence of laws requiring desegregation
Resistance in schools, especially in the South, to full desegregation
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