Brown+versus+Board+of+Education


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 * = **Using the the links provided, analyze the landmark Supreme Court case //Brown v. Board of Education//. COPY (cutting means deleting it. It makes people look bad in the same way like does.) and paste the information below into a new entry on your Unit 8 Online Notebook.** ||  ||=   ||

** THE BASIC FACTS OF THE CASES (more than one) (check [|video], [|Link 1] , [|Link 2] , [|Link 3] )** Make a bulleted list of the basic facts of the __cases__ brought to the Supreme Court 1. 5 cases of segregated schools affecting black children negatively are consolidated into one mega-case. 2. Separate but equal falls. 3. Brown vs Board of Education is a Civil Rights victory. 4. Leads directly to the fall of the ** evil ** system øf qúodas.

** THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the plaintiffs 1. Psych! Tests show that the segregation thing is messing with the children's minds. 2. 14th Amendment did not say that this power woułd go to the states. 3. 14th Amendment give the Gummint the power.

** THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS (for segregation) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the Defendants 1. We should stand by the president set by the Plessy suit and uh.... uh..., um... ** THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What important change happened in the Supreme Court, and what was its impact? The court deliberated for a very loooooooooooong time on the matter... Also, the chief justice Vinson died.
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** THE COURT DECISION (in your own words) (check** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)** What did the Supreme Court decide in the landmark decision? They ruled in favor of Oliver Brown and struck down the system of segregation in education.

**ENFORCING THE DECISION (discuss "with all deliberate speed) (Check [|Link 1] ** [|Video] )  What was the Court's statement about the enforcement of the decision? What happened to the enforcement? "With all deliberate speed" was a phrase that could be interoperated to mean terribly slowly. This is how many of the southern states chose to understand the phrase.

**THE IMPACT and LEGACY** **(Check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board//? The case led directly to the Regents of the University of California vs Bakke case. This case was crucial in ending the evil system of quotas!!! YAY!!! Also, this case brought down the Jim Crow laws.