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

A
separate facilities do not violate the Fourteenth Amendment.
B
separate facilities are unequal and make African American children feel inferior.
C
separate facilities, although equal, violate the Fourteenth Amendment.
D
separate but equal facilities do not make African American children feel inferior.
3

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

A
Reverend Oliver Brown.
B
all nine Supreme Court justices.
C
Thurgood Marshall.
D
Earl Warren.
4

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

A
schools were segregated everywhere in the country.
B
several states had laws requiring segregated schools.
C
schools in nearly every state had been desegregated.
D
segregation was common in the North, but not in the South.
5

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

A
Thurgood Marshall.
B
Linda Brown.
C
Orval Faubus.
D
Reverend Oliver Brown.
6

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

A
Northern states refused to follow it.
B
the Supreme Court did not offer a new policy.
C
Southern states closed all their public schools.
D
the Supreme Court could not agree on a new policy.
7

Which best describes how the Supreme Court voted in Brown v. Board of Education?

A
The court voted to hold a national debate on school segregation.
B
The court voted to maintain school segregation.
C
The court voted to leave school segregation up to individual states.
D
The court voted to end school segregation.
8

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

A
separate but not truly equal.
B
neither equal nor separate.
C
equal but not truly separate.
D
both separate and equal.
9

The Southern Manifesto was a document that declared the intent of

A
Southern lawmakers to support desegregation.
B
Northern lawmakers to support desegregation.
C
Southern lawmakers to oppose desegregation.
D
Northern lawmakers to oppose desegregation.
10

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

A
The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees every child an education.
B
The Fourteenth Amendment gives voters the right to reject Supreme Court decisions.
C
The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law.
D
The Fourteenth Amendment formed the basis for Plessy v. Ferguson.

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