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Primary Sources: Brown v. Board of Education

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Read the passage Primary Sources: Brown v. Board of Education. Then answer the questions below.
Read the passage Primary Sources: Brown v. Board of Education. Then answer the questions below.
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Which sentence from the passage supports the argument that education is one of the most important responsibilities of state and local governments?

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Which questions does this primary source answer? Select two correct answers.

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Drag each statement into the correct box to show which Constitutional Amendment or court case it describes.

  • The “separate but equal” principle is unconstitutional.
  • Segregation is permitted if the separate offerings for different races are equal.
  • All people must have equal protection under the law.
  • 14th Amendment
  • Plessy v. Ferguson
  • Brown v. Board of Education