Understanding Brown v. Board of Education

What curriculum does Brown v. Board of Education belong to?

• AP Psychology

• AP US History

• AP Biology

• AP Government

What legal doctrine did Plessy v. Ferguson establish?

• Equal protection under the law

• Right to privacy

• Freedom of speech

• Separate but equal

Who was the lawyer for Brown in Brown v. Board of Education?

• Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• John Marshall

• Earl Warren

What amendment's clause was argued to be violated by school segregation?

• Tenth Amendment

• First Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Nineteenth Amendment

How did Thurgood Marshall argue segregation affected black children?

• Encouraged independence

• Improved academic performance

• Had no significant effect

• Instilled a sense of inferiority

What was the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

• Stalemate, no decision made

• Upheld Plessy v. Ferguson

• Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson

• Remanded for further consideration

What did the Supreme Court say about 'separate but equal' in public education?

• It should be decided by individual states

• It is the ideal model for education

• It has no place

• It is permissible under certain conditions

What phrase did the Supreme Court use to mandate school integration?

• As soon as possible

• With immediate effect

• Within the next decade

• All deliberate speed

What was a major impact of the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

• The abolition of the Supreme Court

• An increase in homeschooling

• A significant step for the Civil Rights Movement

• Immediate desegregation of all schools

How did southern states react to the Supreme Court's decision?

• They abolished public schools

• They resisted integration

• They immediately integrated schools

• They requested a reevaluation of the decision