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Question 1

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

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to overturn segregation altogether in public schools.

Question 2

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

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Kansas and South Carolina

Question 3

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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To remove the entire system of segregated public education

Question 4

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

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By their nature, separate schools could never be equal.

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. The 1954 ruling in Brown X did✔ did not explain how to carry out desegregation.The Supreme Court later instructed states to desegregate X immediately✔ “with all deliberate speed”.The court’s wording gave some states the opportunity to✔ delayX begin segregation.

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X did; ✔ did not

Question 7

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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as friendly

Question 8

Read the two passages. Does Rev. Ogden’s statement support Faubus’s statement?

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No, because Ogden believes Faubus gave into pressure by segregationists.

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