The Civil Rights Movement Begins – Flashcards
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What was the difference between the Supreme Court decisions in Sweatt v. Painter and Brown v. Board of Education?
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c. Sweatt struck down "seperate but equal" graduate and professional schools. Brown struck down "seperate but equal" public school.
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Jackie Robinson's success in Major League Baseball encouraged most white Americans to
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a. change their views about minorities.
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Which of the following best describes the 1957 events at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?
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a. Governor Faunus resisted the school's integration with National Guard troops, and President Eisenhower sent federal troops to enforce integration.
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Who was Branch Rickey?
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c. a baseball team's manager who opposed segregation in the sport
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What main tactic did the NAACP use to fight for African American equality?
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d. arguing legal cases in court
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Which of the following best describes how Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson affected American culture?
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c. They showed the country that integration could be successful.
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Which of the following provides the best early evidence of whether the integration of professional sports was a good idea?
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b. the professional success of Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays
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Which of the following names as NAACP member who became the first African American Supreme Court justice?
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b. Thur good Marshall
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Brown v. Board of Education was argued before the Supreme Court by
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c. Thurgood Marshall.
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Long after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, some states had not desecrated their schools because
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a. the Supreme Court had not set a deadline for doing so.
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Which of the following called upon states to desegregate public schools "with all deliberate speed"?
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c. Brown II
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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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b. Sweaty v. Painter
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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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b. separate but not truly equal
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What was the NAACP's goal in filing the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education lawsuit?
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b. to end segregation in public education
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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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d. the Supreme Court's decision in Sweatt v. Painter
