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WorksheetsBrown v. Board of Education Quiz
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
How many states segregated their schools by law at the time of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?
10 states
17 states
20 states
25 states
In which case did the Supreme Court combine the lawsuits from Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and the District of Columbia?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Marbury v. Madison
Roe v. Wade
Who argued the case for the plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education?
Thurgood Marshall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Earl Warren
George Wallace
Who was the first black justice on the Supreme Court, serving from 1967 to 1991?
Thurgood Marshall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Earl Warren
George Wallace
What did the Supreme Court call the very foundation of good citizenship in its ruling on Brown v. Board of Education?
Healthcare
Education
Employment
Housing
What was the second unanimous ruling issued by the Supreme Court after Brown v. Board of Education?
Brown II
Plessy II
Marbury II
Roe II
In which year did Alabama Governor George Wallace famously proclaim, 'Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!'?
1963
1964
1958
1954
What percentage of black children in the South attended school with whites by early 1964?
Less than 1%
5%
10%
25%
According to a report issued in 2014, what trend did many civil rights supporters point to in relation to school segregation?
Integration
Segregation
Resegregation
Desegregation
What group that fights for the protection of Civil Rights was founded by W.E.B. DuBois?
NAACP
ACLU
SCLC
the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American to hold what position?
In what year did Brown v. Board of Education Topeka order the desegregation of public schools?
1945
1950
1968
1954
