Equal Education

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

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 3

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 4

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

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the South.

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

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

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Thurgood Marshall.

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

The Southern Manifesto was a document that declared the intent of

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Southern lawmakers to oppose desegregation.

Question 9

best

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The court voted to end school segregation.

Question 10

best

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It was slow and difficult.

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