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WorksheetsLandmark Cases in a Nutshell: Brown v. Board of Education
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
What was the main outcome of the Brown v. Board of Education case?
Segregation was declared constitutional.
Segregated public schools were declared unconstitutional.
It enforced segregation in schools.
It had no significant impact.
Which amendment was central to the arguments in Brown v. Board of Education?
First Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
What method of discrimination was particularly prominent in the southern United States?
Economic inequality
Segregation
Employment discrimination
Voting restrictions
In what year did the Supreme Court hear the Brown v. Board of Education case?
1954
1920
1896
1965
Which previous case upheld the constitutionality of segregation prior to Brown v. Board?
Marbury v. Madison
Plessy v. Ferguson
Roe v. Wade
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Who was the Chief Justice during the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?
William Rehnquist
Earl Warren
According to the ruling, what was the impact of segregation on students?
It had no impact on students.
It improved motivation among students.
It made students feel inferior and less motivated.
It only affected white students negatively.
What did the Court ultimately order regarding public schools?
They were to remain segregated.
They should become privatized.
All public schools were to be desegregated.
Schools should have separate entrances for different races.
How did Justice Warren communicate the ruling in the Brown case?
Using complex legal jargon.
In a way that was easy for non-lawyers to understand.
By avoiding the subject entirely.
Through a lengthy written report.
In a way that was easy for non-lawyers to understand.
