The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
A. set specific timetables for enactment.
B. declared that separate educational facilities were unlawful.
C. reaffirmed the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision.
D. passed by a narrow 5-4 vote.
E. arose from a case involving segregation in Mississippi.
Answer: B
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A) Huey Long. B) Charles Coughlin. C) Upton Sinclair. D) Francis Townshend.
Why did the debate over integrated versus segregated schools become “moot” by the end of the 1800s?
a) Through law or unwritten rule, both northern and southern schools became segregated. b) Schools were gradually integrated throughout the country. c) Northern schools integrated while southern schools became segregated. d) Black leaders pushed for black-only schools.
If a man thinks, “Women are bad at math,” this is an example of ______.
A. intersectionality B. stereotyping for hostile reasons C. stereotyping for self-enhancement reasons D. stereotype threat
In 1947, those who criticized President Truman's request for Congress to extend aid to the Greek government in its fight against leftists asserted that ___________________.
A. the Greek resistance movement was composed of noncommunists as well as communists. B. the leaders of the resistance movement in Greece had purged the movement of all noncommunists. C. the Greek government could not be saved, regardless of whether it received American aid. D. the British were fully capable of defending the Greek government without American aid.