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Separate Is Not Equal
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1 The Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of
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b
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d
4 Chief Justice ____, who led the Supreme Court
Education encompassed five separate cases
in 1954, worked behind the scenes to ensure
in which students challenged school segregation,
that the Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of
including the case of Linda Brown in
Education would be unanimous.
Mississippi.
Washington, D.C.
Louisiana.
Kansas.
2 In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme
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b
c
d
5 Which of these best describes Virginia’s policy
Court overturned its ruling in the famous case
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b
c
d
Browder v. Gayle.
Plessy v. Ferguson.
Marbury v. Madison.
Dred Scott v. Sandford.
3 In cases that preceded Brown v. Board of
Education, the NAACP had challenged school
segregation with the argument that
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b
c
d
Earl Warren
Thurgood Marshall
William Rehnquist
John Roberts
of “massive resistance” following the ruling in
Brown v. Board of Education?
a
b
c
d
a series of laws that denied funds to integrated
public schools
insistence on integrating one grade level at a time
the appearance of angry white mobs outside
integrated schools in 1955
the use of sit-ins and boycotts to force
desegregation in areas other than education
students in black schools were not getting an equal education.
segregation violated the First Amendment.
separate could never be equal.
segregation was largely an issue of states’ rights.
in-depth questions
1
What do you think professor Paul Finkelman meant when he said, “In the South, segregation was literally cradle to grave”?
2 How
did the decision in Brown v. Board of Education affect the civil rights movement? Explain.
3 How
did Brown v. Board of Education relate to the 14th Amendment’s promise of “equal protection of the laws”?
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