Organizing to Demand Rights

Question 1

Long after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, some states had not desegregated their schools because

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the Supreme Court had not set a deadline for doing so.

Question 2

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions forced the University of Texas to admit an African American student to its law school?

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Sweatt v. Painter

Question 3

Which of the following called upon states to desegregate public schools “with all deliberate speed”?

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Brown II

Question 4

What main tactic did the NAACP use to fight for African American equality?

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arguing legal cases in court

Question 5

Which of the following names an NAACP member who became the first African American Supreme Court justice?

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Thurgood Marshall

Question 6

Earl Warren wanted a unanimous decision because

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he knew this was an extremely important case.

Question 7

In his arguments in Brown v. Board of Education, the lawyer for Oliver and Linda Brown claimed that “separate but equal” public schools were

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separate but not truly equal.

Question 8

Brown v. Board of Education was argued before the Supreme Court by

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Thurgood Marshall.

Question 9

What was the purpose of the Southern Manifesto?

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To condemn the Brown decision and declare an intention of Southern governments to oppose integration

Question 10

Which of the following 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 Sweatt v. Painter

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