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Brown V Board of Education

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who assisted Oliver Brown with his case?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Clarence Thomas

c)

Macon Bolling Allen

d)

Bryan Stevenson

2.

What was the case that reaffirmed the separate but equal notion?

a)

McCulloch V Maryland

b)

Plessy V Ferguson

c)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

d)

Strauder v. West Virginia

3.

How many dissenting judges were there?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

4.

Which organization aided Brown's case and gave the support needed to appeal to the supreme court?

a)

Congress of Racial Equality

b)

Black Panther Party

c)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

d)

National Black Justice Coalition

5.

Why was going to a segregated school such an issue for students?

a)

They were often not as near to student's homes as white schools.

b)

Caused a sense of inferiority within minority students.

c)

The tuition cost for the schools were too high.

d)

The bus fare was too expensive.

6.

What were the results of the case?

a)

Non-peaceful protesting and backlash.

b)

Asking the Supreme Court nicely to take it back.

c)

The attack on the Capitol.

d)

Schools not cooperating and needing new laws to be set.

7.

How did the Supreme Court solve the districts not cooperating?

a)

Turned a blind eye to schools continuing segregation.

b)

White students and colored students switched schools.

c)

Brown V. Board II, allowing government to sue and withhold funding of school districts.

d)

Schools were demolished if not found cooperating.

8.

How long did "Separate But Equal" last?

a)

Approx. 60 years

b)

Approx. 100 years

c)

Approx. 200 years

d)

Approx. 10 years

9.

Who was the Supreme Court Chief Justice leading the case originally?

a)

Earl Warren

b)

Fred Moore Vinson

c)

Warren Earl Burger

d)

Harlan Fiske Stone

10.

After the prior chief justice's death, who was the Chief Justice leading the case on the second hearing?

a)

Earl Warren

b)

Warren Earl Burger

c)

Charles Evans Hughes

d)

Thurgood Marshall