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Which of the following are examples of primary sources? Check all that apply. newspaper articlespersonal letterspublic recordsjournalsencyclopediastextbooksphotographs

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newspaper articles
B
personal letters
C
public records
D
journals
E
encyclopedias
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textbooks
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photographs
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To fight segregation in schools, the NAACP took up lawsuits in which of the following states?

A
Florida and Mississippi
B
Delaware and Rhode Island
C
Virginia and North Carolina
D
Kansas and South Carolina
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What was the impact of segregated schools on African American students?

A
It encouraged states to increase their budgets for African American schools.
B
It enforced an end to segregation of public schools.
C
Underfunded African American schools could not prepare most students for college or careers.
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Choose the right phrase to complete the sentence.After 1950, the NAACP began to fight

A
for equal facilities in segregated schools.
B
to overturn segregation altogether in public schools.
C
for desegregation of public graduate and professional schools.
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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 a school near her home
B
To improve the quality of African American public schools
C
To remove the entire system of segregated public education
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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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Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. The 1954 ruling in Brown explain how to carry out desegregation.The Supreme Court later instructed states to desegregate .The court’s wording gave some states the opportunity to.

A
did
B
did not
C
immediately
D
“with all deliberate speed”
E
delay
F
begin segregation
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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?

A
as destructive
B
as friendly
C
as neutral
D
as suspicious
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Read the two passages. Does Rev. Ogden’s statement support Faubus’s statement?

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Yes, because Ogden agreed that Faubus’s only concern was public safety.
B
Yes, because Ogden agreed that integration was a poorly devised scheme.
C
No, because Ogden believes Faubus gave into pressure by segregationists.
D
No, because Ogden claims there would never have been any opposition to integration.
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Choose the right phrase to complete the sentence.The integration of Central High School in Little Rock finally occurred when

A
President Eisenhower sent federal troops to protect students.
B
white citizens dropped their protests against desegregation.
C
Governor Faubus was defeated for reelection after taking his anti-integration stand.
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Why was Rosa Parks called the “mother of the civil rights movement”?

A
Because her children started the civil rights movement
B
Because she inspired others to fight for their civil rights
C
Because she was the first person to fight for civil rights
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Read this excerpt from one of Martin Luther King’s speeches. What method of protest is he advocating for in this speech?

A
writing letters to people in positions of power
B
nonviolent resistance
C
the use of force, but only if necessary
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Which argument did Thurgood Marshall use to challenge the legality of segregation in Brown v. Board of Education?

A
All schools for African Americans were of poor quality.
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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