McCarthyism

Question 1

Choose the right phrase to complete the sentence.After 1950, the NAACP began to fight

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B: to overturn segregation altogether in public schools.

Question 2

Choose the right phrase to complete the sentence.What was the goal of Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP in the case of Brown v. Board of Education?

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C: To remove the entire system of segregated public education

Question 3

Which sentences describe the Brown v. Board of Education decision?Check all that apply.

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A: The court came to a unanimous decision.; C: The court ruled that segregated schools deprived people of equal protection of the laws.; D: The court found that segregation was unconstitutional.

Question 4

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. The 1954 ruling in Brown explain how to carry out desegregation.The Supreme Court later instructed states to desegregate .The court’s wording gave some states the opportunity to.

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A: did; B: did not; C: immediately; D: “with all deliberate speed”; E: delay; F: begin segregation

Question 5

Amicable means “friendly.”How does the Southern Manifesto characterize the relationship between African Americans and whites in the years prior to the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

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B: as friendly

Question 6

Choose the right phrase to complete the sentence.The integration of Central High School in Little Rock finally occurred when

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A: President Eisenhower sent federal troops to protect students.

Question 7

Choose the right phrase to complete the sentence.The integration of public schools in Little Rock

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A: did not completely end opposition to desegregation.

Question 8

To fight segregation in schools, the NAACP took up lawsuits in which of the following states?

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D: Kansas and South Carolina

Question 9

Which argument did Thurgood Marshall use to challenge the legality of segregation in Brown v. Board of Education?

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B: By their nature, separate schools could never be equal.

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