Brown Vs. Board of Education Flashcards
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Objective
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a person who doesn't take sides, decisions not influenced by personal feelings
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Subjective
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decisions colored by personal feelings and experiences
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Tone
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the writers attitude toward his/her readers and his/her subject and is shown through the writers language and choice of words
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Why is the Supreme Court an appropriate setting for the photograph on page 557?
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The Supreme Court is an appropriate setting for the essay because that is where the case Brown Vs. Board of Education took place.
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How the tone varies?
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The tone in paragraphs 1 and 2 are very emotional and heart felt; it is colored by the author's own perspective and is therefore more subjective. The tone in the 3rd paragraph is more scholarly and intellectual and therefore more objective.
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How does the use of phrases like de facto, predominantly, and de jure affect the tone?
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More intellectual and scholarly making writing more objective.
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Why did 13 families sue the Topeka School Board?
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The 13 families felt that their Children were being HARMED because their children were forced to attend segregated schools.
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Constitutional evidence and explanation?
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The lawyers contended that segregation was a violation of the 14th amendment to the Constitution. They asserted that even if the facilities and all other tangible were equal, violation still existed because intangible factors existed that made their education unfair. Dr. Kenneth B. Clark, testified on behalf of the litigants. He said that segregation was harmful to African-American Children. As a result this evidence, the Supreme Court sided with Brown. Saying that segregation was harmful and deprived African Americans equal opportunities.
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How is the Plessy case similar to Brown Vs. Board of Education
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Both cases involved segregation of races into facilities deemed "separate but equal" both cases were litigated in the Supreme Court and centered around the 14th amendment
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How is the Plesy case different from Brown Vs. Board of Education
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Plessy involved discrimination of railcars; Brown involved discrimination in schools; the results were different- Plessy affirmed "separate but equal"; Brown confirmed that separate but equal was unconstitutional.
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Which Statements relate to this key idea from the essay? The plantation owners wanted to make the Africans feel helpless, inferior. -l. They told them they were without beauty. -ll. They told them that they were without value. -lll. There were no chains on black wrists. -lV. The meaning of freedom changed to an elusive thing.
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l and ll
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Which statements best define the legal case Brown Vs. Board of Education of Topeka. -l. a suit claiming that the segregation of Topeka schools was harmful to the children. -ll. a suit sponsored by the N.A.A.C.P that went to the Supreme Court. -lll. a suit claiming that segregation of schools violated the 14th amendment. -lV. a suit challenging segregation in all public places.
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l,ll,lll
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According to the essay, why did black and white students in the North usually go to separate schools from the end of the civil war to the early 1950's
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The students lived in different neighborhoods and attended schools near their homes.
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Which of the following is the best contemporary example of "separate but equal"?
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A school has two soccer teams: one for boys and one for girls.
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Why did young Thurgood Marshall punch the face of the person who called him a name on the bus?
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He was defending himself against racial insult.
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Thurgood Marshall's father was ore willing to make the sacrifices necessary to end his sons to college. What does this tell you about this character?
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He believed that education would help his sons achieve more in their lives than he was able to achieve in his life.
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How did law professor Charles Hamilton Houston influence Thurgood Marshall.
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Houston encouraged his students to us the law to help African Americans.
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Why did Charles Hamilton Houston believe his students should have "absolute understanding of the law"
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He believed that the law was a strong weapon in the civil rights movement.
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What is the author's point in this sentence describing the N.A.A.C.P attorneys who challenged segregation? They understood the process of American justice and the power of the Constitution.
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The attorneys believed the law was on their side.
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Who led the battery of N.A.A.C.P attorneys in the challenge to segregation?
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Thurgood Marshall
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According to the essay, what was Marshall's argument against segregation?
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He argued that intangible factors made the education unequal.
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How did studies by psychologists support Marshall's argument that segregation of schools was harmful to children.
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Studies showed that African American children felt inferior thus performed poorly in school.
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According to the essay, which point did the Supreme Court consider as a guide to its ruling to end school segregation?
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The effect of segregation itself on public education.
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How did the ruling in Brown Vs. Board of Education of Topeka change the struggle for civil rights?
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It signaled that laws oppressing African Americans would have to fall.
