Fitzgerald and the Roaring Twenties

Question 1

What were the Browns and other families asking the Supreme Court to do?

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B: Allow African American children to attend the school of their choice

Question 2

Which is true of both the Plessy and Brown cases?

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A: Both were attempts to show that segregation was unconstitutional.

Question 3

Why did the court choose not to “turn the clock back to 1868” when considering the issue of segregation in public schools?

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C: The court recognized that segregation had resulted in inequality in education over time.

Question 4

Think about the historical significance of Brown v. Board of Education. Why do you think it is considered a seminal US text?

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D: It overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine.

Question 5

Which of these statements is the conclusion the Supreme Court drew based on the evidence in the Brown case?

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B: Equal treatment cannot exist in separate facilities.

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