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Brown V Board of Education

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what year did Brown v. Board of Education Topeka order the desegregation of public schools?

a)

1945

b)

1950

c)

1968

d)

1954

2.
Plessy and those who worked with him were trying to challenge
a)
the Brown v. Board of Education case
b)
Segregation and the Jim Crow laws
c)
Reconstruction
d)
equal pay for equal work
3.
What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?
a)
"Separate but equal"
b)
"Give me liberty or give me death."
c)
"May the force be with you."
d)
"I'll be back."
4.
Brown v. Board specifically ordered the integration of
a)
Public schools
b)
Buses
c)
The military
d)
Fire departments
5.
Supreme Court case where the court ruled that racial segregation of schools violated the Constitution, segregated schools were unequal.
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Desegregation
c)
Lau v. Nichols
d)
Civil Rights Act
6.

Who was Lynda Brown?

a)

A girl denied from white schools close to her home.

b)

A white girl who was denied from her school.

c)

A African American girl who was discriminated.

d)

A girl who could go to a black school.

7.

Earl Warren thought Segregation was...

4 lines
8.

How many justices are in the Supreme Court of Justice?

a)

9

b)

8

c)

12

d)

7

9.

The case Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal to...

a)

Segregate schools

b)

Allow children to attend white schools

c)

Allow children to work on schools

d)

Keep schools equal

10.

What was being violated when blacks wanted to attend white schools?

a)

2nd Amendment

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

11.

Who was appointed to the Brown v. Board of Education case?

a)

Thomas Marshall

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Colonel Sanders

d)

Thurgood Marshall

12.

In your own words, describe the significance of Brown v Board, and how it has impacted the modern education system.

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13.

Which Key movement was Brown v Board tied to?

a)

The Harlem Renaissance

b)

The Civil Rights Movement

c)

The Sufferage Movement

14.

Conducted research on self-identification in black children. This work was later developed into the famous doll experiments that exposed internalized racism and the negative effects of segregation for African-American children. Their research was influential in the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education

a)

Max and Gertie Wertheimer

b)

Sigmund and Anna Freud

c)

Carl and Carol Rogers

d)

Kenneth and Mamie Clark

15.
Researcher(s) whose work helped overturn segregation in schools.
a)
Inez Prosser
b)
Kenneth B. Clark and Mamie Clark
c)
Francis Sumner
d)
William James