Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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Who was the conservative former California governor that President Eisenhower
appointed to the Supreme Court?
a. | Felix Frankferter | c. | Earl Warren | b. | Hugo Black | d. | Fred Vinson |
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Thurgood Marshall believed that Negro rights were guaranteed by
a. | the President of the United States | c. | politicians and other government
officials | b. | the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United
States | d. | the United Nations
Charter |
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Which Amendment to the Constitution said that the laws of the United States have
to be applied equally to everyone (equal protection)?
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In the Brown v. Board of Education Topeka case, what did the Supreme Court
say?
a. | Segregation is okay in colleges and law schools but not in elementary and high
schools. | c. | Segregation is okay in elementary and high schools but not
colleges | b. | Separate schools for the races are okay | d. | Separate schools are not equal because one race
is made to feel inferior. |
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Which law school did Thurgood Marshall attend?
a. | University of Chicago Law School | c. | Brown
University | b. | Southwestern College | d. | Howard University |
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Which Supreme Court ruling said that segregation does not violate the 14th
Amendment as long as both races have equal facilities?
a. | Plessy v. Ferguson | c. | Swet v Painter | b. | Brown v. Board of Education North
Carolina | d. | Brown v. Board of
Education Topeka |
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African American students who saw black dolls as bad were demonstrating
a. | a feeling of inferiority | c. | white guilt | b. | the feeling that all
races are equal | d. | a feeling
of superiority |
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8.
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Which Amendment to the Constitution guaranteed the right to vote for African
American men?
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Which statement about the Supreme Court is true?
a. | Once the court decides a case it can never be overturned | c. | Once the court
decides a case it can only be overturned but a later court ruling. | b. | Only Congress can
overturn a Supreme Court ruling | d. | Only the President can overturn a Supreme Court
ruling. |
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What was most destructive about the Plessy v. Ferguson case?
a. | It made segregation legal | c. | It made segregation
illegal | b. | Plessy v. Ferguson was not destructive | d. | It did not address segregation in the
schools |
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Who used the courts to end school segregation?
a. | Martin Luther King | c. | Rosa Parks | b. | Thurgood Marshall | d. | Malcom X |
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How does a case get to the Supreme Court?
a. | the president assigns them | c. | states have to order
them | b. | Congress orders them | d. | through the appeal process |
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Which Supreme Court case made segregation legal?
a. | Plessy v. Ferguson | c. | Brown v. Board of Education Topeka | b. | Roe v.
Wade | d. | Engle v.
Vitale |
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Only an executive order by the President can overturn a Supreme Court
ruling.
a. | only if given the okay by Congress | c. | true | b. | depends on who is
president | d. | false |
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Which Amendment to the Constitution made slaver illegal in the United
States?
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What is the name given to laws that separate the races in schools and other
areas of society?
a. | Black Laws | c. | Klan Laws | b. | Constitutional Amendments | d. | Jim Crow Laws |
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Which Amendment to the Constitution says that persons born on the soil of the
United States are automatically citizens?
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The supreme law in the United States is
a. | the state constitutions | c. | the Declaration of
Independence | b. | the Constitution of the U.S. | d. | the Ten
Commandments |
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How many judges are on the Supreme Court?
a. | five | c. | twelve | b. | nine | d. | eight |
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Who was Thurgood Marshalls mentor and teacher?
a. | Abraham Lincoln | c. | Charles Houstin | b. | Milton Friedman | d. | Ralph Abernathy |
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How did service in the armed forces effect Black soldiers after the war?
a. | made them feel anger over the difference in the way they were treated in the U.S, and
Europe | c. | made them feel good over the difference in the way they were treated in the U.S, and
Europe | b. | made them feel inferior | d. | made them feel superior |
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