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Quizzes: Black History (ABA Division for Public Education)




 

Black History

1. Who was the first African-American woman appointed to the federal bench (in 1966)?

Margaret Bush Wilson
Rosa Parks
Constance Baker Motley
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

2. Which of these cases granted African-Americans the right to study at the University of Maryland's law school (in 1936)?

Brown v. Board of Education
Pearson v. Murray
Gaines v. Canada
Plessy v. Ferguson

3. Which of these cases led to integration in public schools?

Brown v. Board of Education
Pearson v. Murray
Gaines v. Canada
Plessy v. Ferguson

4. Who was the first African-American Supreme Court justice?:

John Rock
Charles Hamilton Houston
Clarence Thomas
Thurgood Marshall

5. Which amendment ended slavery?:

15th Amendment
9th Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment

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