Equal and Unequal Review

Read the Key Concept and check all of supporting details sentences. p112 Lesson 12

• The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal if facilities were equal.

• States continued to pass laws that separated white and blacks people.

• All black schools were inferior to all white schools.

• Homer Plessy challenged such laws by refusing to move from an all white railroad car.

Read the Supporting Detail and choose the best role of that sentence.

Supporting Detail: States continued to pass laws that separated white and black people.

• develops the idea that state laws allowed inequalities in spite of the 14th Amendment.

• explains how Supreme Court hoped to solve the problems.

• refines the idea in the sentence by describing one example of unequal treatment.

Read the Supporting Detail and choose the best role of that sentence.

Supporting Detail: All black schools were inferior to all white ones.

• develops the idea that state laws allowed inequalities in spite of the 14th Amendment.

• explains how the supreme court hoped to solve the problem.

• refines the idea in sentence 6 by describing one example of unequal treatment.

How do the sentences in the paragraph on page 113 help develop the idea that Brown v. BOE was a "turning point in the fight for equality?"

• They describe the consequences that resulted when Southern States ignored the Supreme Court's ruling.

• The compare and contrast important events that occurred in both before and after the Supreme Court's decision about segregation.

• They outline the circumstances that led up to the Supreme Court's decision that public schools could no longer be segregated.

Do you feel everyone has EQUAL RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES?

• Yes, everyone does.

• In most cases yes. but not everything.

• There is more inequality than not.

• No, not everyone does.

equi

• not

• between

• equal

• before

Although the soldiers were _________ in size, they could not be compared by their valor and strength.

• equilateral

• unequal

• malady

• dismissed

What does the word 'equal' mean in the context of equality?

• Same in quantity, size, degree, or value

• Different in quantity, size, degree, or value

• Opposite in meaning

• Irrelevant to the context

Which sentence best illustrates the concept of 'unequal' in a social context?

• All students received the same grade regardless of performance.

• Some employees were paid less for the same work due to gender.

• Everyone was given the same amount of food.

• The twins wore identical outfits.

Identify the sentence that uses 'equal' correctly.

• The two teams were equal in skill, leading to a fair match.

• The two teams were unequal in skill, leading to a fair match.

• The two teams were equal in skill, leading to an unfair match.

• The two teams were unequal in skill, leading to an unfair match.