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Question 1

Which encouraged the NAACP to become involved with Reverend Oliver Brown’s lawsuit against a board of education in Kansas?

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the Supreme Court’s decision in McLaurin v. Oklahoma

Question 2

The Southern Manifesto was a document that declared the intent of

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Southern lawmakers to oppose desegregation.

Question 3

Which became a new focus for the NAACP after 1950?

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ending segregation in public education

Question 4

The unanimous opinion in Brown v. Board of Education was written by

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Earl Warren.

Question 5

The governor of Arkansas who used National Guard troops to fight integration at Central High School in Little Rock was

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Orval Faubus.

Question 6

The ruling in Brown v. Board of Education did not immediately end segregation in public schools because

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the Supreme Court did not offer a new policy.

Question 7

At the time of the Brown v. Board of Education decision,

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several states had laws requiring segregated schools.

Question 8

best

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It was slow and difficult.

Question 9

Why did Thurgood Marshall cite the Fourteenth Amendment to argue that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

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The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law.

Question 10

Brown v. Board of Education was argued before the Supreme Court by

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Thurgood Marshall.

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