End of the War in Vietnam Answers

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What was the issue at the heart of the case Sweatt v. Painter?

A
Could an African American be denied admission to a law school?
B
Did the state of Texas provide a legal education to its African American students?
C
Was the separate African American law school equal to the white school?
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What does the Supreme Court ruling at left suggest about Texas’s African American and white law schools?

A
Separate facilities for African Americans and whites can be equal.
B
Separate facilities for African Americans and whites may be unequal in quality.
C
Separate facilities are okay as long as there is a common library.
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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?

A
to allow Linda Brown to attend any school she wanted
B
to improve the quality of African American public schools
C
To remove the entire system of segregated public education
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Choose the right phrase to answer the argument.Which argument did Thurgood Marshall use to challenge the legality of segregation in Brown v. Board of Education?

A
There were not enough well-funded schools for African Americans.
B
By their nature, separate schools could never be equal.
C
White students in segregated schools were harmed because they were denied exposure to African American children.
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Which sentences describe the Brown v. Board of Education decision? Check all that apply.

A
The court came to a unanimous decision.
B
The court extended the concept of “separate but equal.”
C
The court ruled that segregated schools deprived people of equal protection of the laws
D
The court found that segregation was unconstitutional.
E
The court ruled that the Fifteenth Amendment had been violated.
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What is Governor Faubus’s explanation for his opposition to the admission of African Americans to Central High School?

A
He believes the military will not support integration.
B
He fears there may be violence and disorder if desegregation goes forward.
C
He does not believe it is right for African Americans and white students to attend the same school.

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