Equal Education

Question 1

In his arguments in Brown v. Board of Education, the lawyer for Linda Brown claimed that “separate but equal” public schools were

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separate but not truly equal.

Question 2

The area of the United States that was most affected by Brown v. Board of Education was

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the South.

Question 3

Who declared that organized resistance by Southern states would prevent racial integration in the South?

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Harry Flood Byrd

Question 4

best

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It was slow and difficult.

Question 5

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 6

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 7

An argument made by Thurgood Marshall that helped shape the Brown v. Board of Education decision was that

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separate facilities are unequal and make African American children feel inferior.

Question 8

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

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Earl Warren.

Question 9

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

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Thurgood Marshall.

Question 10

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.

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