Brown v. Board of Education Quiz

Brown v. Board of Education Quiz

11th Grade

8 Qs

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Brown v. Board of Education Quiz

Brown v. Board of Education Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

11th Grade

Hard

Created by

Jordan Lax

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 10 pts

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

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