CHICANO STUDIES 3339
Court Cases
American Revolution
100

What is the name of our professor?

Adrian Aragones

100

1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.

Brown v. Board of Education

100

Who was commander-in-chief of the colonial forces during the American Revolution? 

George Washington

200

What was the first extra credit given in class?

Picture with the statue of Juan de Onate at the airport. 

200

Court held that Mexican Americans and all other nationality groups in the United States have equal protection under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Hernandez v. Texas

200

Demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor

Boston Tea Party

300

What building is the professors office?

Graham Hall

300

The first case in which Texas courts reviewed the actions of local school districts regarding the education of children of Mexican descent.

Salvatierra v. Del Rio Independent School District

300

The first bloodshed of the American Revolution, as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five Americans.

Boston Massacre

400

What is the name of the Librarian that helped us in the Library?

Joy Urbina

400

First successful school desegregation court decision in the history of the United States

Roberto Alvarez vs. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District (Lemon Grove Incident)

400

What is the date the Declaration of Independence was sign?

July 4th 1776.

500

What was our first online quiz about?

Plagiarism

500

U.S. Supreme Court issued in 1896 it upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality  a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".

Plessy v. Ferguson

500

Person galloping a horse tearing through the streets of Concord, Massachusetts yelling "The British are coming! The British are coming!"

Paul Revere