Brown vs Board of Education

Brown vs. Board of Education was a famous case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954. The court ruled that it is illegal to:

• Allow children to work long hours in factories

• Segregate schools based on people’s skin color

• Pay black people less than white people for similar work

• Return an escaped slave to his/her master  

What previous Supreme Court decision did Brown v. Board overturn?

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Roe v. Wade

• Marbury v. Madison

What Supreme Court case ended segregation in schools?

• Korematsu v US

• Brown v Ferguson

• Brown v Board of Ed

• Plessy v Ferguson

Define segregation

• to refuse to buy, use, or go to, in order to make a protest or bring about a change.

• the practice of separating people according to groups, especially racial groups.

• the process of bringing all parts together into a whole.

• an objection or complaint

What are Civil Rights?

• Rights that only some citizens get

• Rights that all citizens get

•  Rights that are civil

• Rights that are controlled by the president

Laws enacted by Southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities.

• Racist

• Prejudice

• Discrimination

• Jim Crow

This case ended segregation in public schools

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• New Jersey v. T.L.O.

• Bethel School District v. Fraser

What was the main issue addressed in the Brown vs Board of Education case?

• A) School funding

• B) School segregation

• C) Teacher salaries

• D) School curriculum

In which year was the Brown vs Board of Education decision made?

• A) 1950

• B) 1952

• C) 1954

• D) 1956

Which legal doctrine was challenged by the Brown vs Board of Education case?

• A) Separate but equal

• B) Equal protection

• C) Due process

• D) Judicial review