Brown v. Board of Education

According to the Supreme Court opinion in Brown v. Board of Education, what is the importance of the 14th Amendment to the case?

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  The amendment forbids differences in quality between various public institutions.

• The amendment requires that all citizens be treated equally under the law.

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  The amendment explicitly forbids segregation of schools on the basis of race.

What did the Browns want from the Board of Education in the case of Brown v. Board of Education?

• They wanted their African American daughter Linda to be allowed to attend the public school near her home.

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  They wanted the members of the Board of Education to lose their board positions for segregating schools on the basis of race.

• They wanted the members of the Board of Education to lose their board positions for segregating schools on the basis of race.

What is the technical meaning of parties when it is used in a legal document such as Brown v. Board of Education? 

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  people who oppose each other in legal cases

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  political groups

• social gatherings

If a group of people are the plaintiffs in a court case involving discrimination, what is most likely true?

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  The group must answer a complaint that its members have discriminated against others.

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  The group has asked a judge to reverse an earlier court decision.

• The group has filed a complaint claiming that its members have been discriminated against.

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  The group serves as the judges hearing the case and making a decision.

In the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court opinion, Warren considers the history of education in the United States. Which of the following is the main claim he attempts to establish through this history?

• He shows that the importance of and the widespread government support for education have made it a right covered by the Fourteenth Amendment.

• He shows that the Fourteenth Amendment applies mainly to private college students rather than public school students.

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  He shows that “tangibles” such as teacher qualifications have been equalized in segregated white and African American schools.

According to Warren in the Brown opinion, how did conditions change between the time the 14th Amendment was adopted and the time the Supreme Court considered Brown v. Board of Education?

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  Integration became more widespread.

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  Public education became more important and widespread.

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  Citizens were better able to sue boards of education in court.

Which of the following sentences from the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court opinion states the major claim in the opinion?

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  The question presented in these cases must be determined not on the basis of conditions existing when the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted, but in the light of the full development of public education and its present place in American life throughout the Nation.

  
  

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  Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.

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  Segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race deprives children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities, even though the physical facilities and other “tangible” factors may be equal.

According to Warren in Brown v. Board of Education, why did the court reject the argument that segregated schools were “separate but equal”?

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  The court found that the experience of segregation itself had a harmful effect on African Americans’ education.

• The court found that the schools attended by African Americans were actually less well maintained than white schools.

• the court rejected the idea that separate schools could ever have equally good “tangibles,” such as teachers’ salaries.

In the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court opinion, how does Warren prove that segregated schools are NOT equal in the “intangibles”?

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  He notes that a public education system developed in the South later than in the North.

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  He states that segregated white and African American schools are becoming equal in facilities and teachers’ qualifications.

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  He states that segregation damages the motivation and therefore the chances of educational success of African American children.

  
  

If a court has jurisdiction over a legal dispute, what is most likely true?

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  The court is likely to refer the case to a higher court rather than hear it.

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  The court is authorized to hear the case and make a ruling after considering the arguments.

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  The court can hear the case but the decision of the case is left to a higher court.