Equal Education

Question 1

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

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several states had laws requiring segregated schools.

Question 2

Which called on states to desegregate “with all deliberate speed”?

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Brown II

Question 3

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 4

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It was slow and difficult.

Question 5

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

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Harry Flood Byrd

Question 6

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 7

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The court voted to end school segregation.

Question 8

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

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the South.

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