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Brown v. Board of Education Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many states segregated their schools by law at the time of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?

a)

10 states

b)

17 states

c)

20 states

d)

25 states

2.

In which case did the Supreme Court combine the lawsuits from Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and the District of Columbia?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Roe v. Wade

3.

Who argued the case for the plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

c)

Earl Warren

d)

George Wallace

4.

Who was the first black justice on the Supreme Court, serving from 1967 to 1991?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

c)

Earl Warren

d)

George Wallace

5.

What did the Supreme Court call the very foundation of good citizenship in its ruling on Brown v. Board of Education?

a)

Healthcare

b)

Education

c)

Employment

d)

Housing

6.

What was the second unanimous ruling issued by the Supreme Court after Brown v. Board of Education?

a)

Brown II

b)

Plessy II

c)

Marbury II

d)

Roe II

7.

In which year did Alabama Governor George Wallace famously proclaim, 'Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!'?

a)

1963

b)

1964

c)

1958

d)

1954

8.

What percentage of black children in the South attended school with whites by early 1964?

a)

Less than 1%

b)

5%

c)

10%

d)

25%

9.

According to a report issued in 2014, what trend did many civil rights supporters point to in relation to school segregation?

a)

Integration

b)

Segregation

c)

Resegregation

d)

Desegregation

10.

What group that fights for the protection of Civil Rights was founded by W.E.B. DuBois?

a)

NAACP

b)

ACLU

c)

SCLC

d)

the Supreme Court

11.

Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American to hold what position?

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12.

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

a)

1945

b)

1950

c)

1968

d)

1954

13.
Brown v. Board specifically ordered the integration of
a)
Public schools
b)
Buses
c)
The military
d)
Fire departments
14.
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