Vocabulary
Brown vs Board of Ed
Brown
100

To protest a company by refusing to buy their merchandise or use their services.

What is boycott?

100

What was the young ladies first name who crossed the color barrier for segregated schools?

What is Linda?

100

Where was segregation of schools mandated?

What is the south?

200

A public showing of disapproval for a rule or event, such as a march or rally.

What is demonstration?

200

The lawsuit wanted the schools to reverse it's claims on segregation. True or False

What is True?

200

Brown vs Board of education brought an end to what policy that kept blacks from getting good text books and attending all white schools.

What is ending "separate but equal"?

300

To murder a political figure.

What is assassination?

300

Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice. He was also the lawyer for the defense in the Brown vs The Board of education trial.

Who is Thurgood Marshall?

300

Where was the setting for Brown vs The Board of Education?

What is Topeka Kansas?

400

Disobeying or refusing to follow a law without breaking any others.

What is civil disobedience?

400

Which famous trial did Brown vs The Board of Education overturn?

What is Plessy vs Ferguson?

400

What decade was Brown vs The Board of Education?

What is the 1950's?

500

To separate a group of people by race, gender or other factors.

What is segregation?

500

Which amendment guarantees equal protection for schooling in the United States?

What is the 14th?

500

What did Thurgood Marshall argue in the case of Brown vs The Board of Education?

What is separate but equal is morally wrong?