Bonus Quiz

Question 1

What case did the results of Mendez v. Westminister pave the way for?

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Education (Topeka) of 1954

Question 2

Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School District (1970) was the first case to extend what prior court decision

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

Question 3

Brown v. Board paved the way for integrated schools but many still remained racially segregated for decades

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

What was Peter Hernandez?

Accepted Answer

Mexican-American agricultural laborer that came to TX during and after WW2

Question 5

What judge was assigned for the Mendez v. Westminster case?

Accepted Answer

Judge Paul McCormick

Question 6

What school was designated for White and Anglo students?

Accepted Answer

Westminster Main School

Question 7

What was Peter Hernandez convicted for?

Accepted Answer

Killing a man in cold blood

Question 8

Cisneros v. Corpus ISD recognized that Mexican Americans

Accepted Answer

were a minority group that could and was frequently discriminated against

Question 9

Why had CCISD been allowed to keep all-white schools, all-white?

Accepted Answer

They integrated all-black schools with Mexican American students

Question 10

ESEA is the single largest source of federal spending on elementary and secondary education

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Which type of schools were involved in the Meyer's v. Nebraska case?

Accepted Answer

Parochial Schools

Question 12

It is the law's requirement under ESEA for

Accepted Answer

All are correct

Question 13

In an area with a large Hispanic population, not one of the 6,000 jurors in the past 25 years had a Hispanic last name

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

What school was designated for Mexican and Mexican-American students?

Accepted Answer

Hoover School

Question 15

No Child Left Behind (2001) and currently Every Student Succeeds Act (2015) are ESEA

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

What Amendment was used to argue Meyer's case?

Accepted Answer

14th Amendment

Question 17

Mendez's team argued that schools were based on race and knew that would help them

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

What caused Robert Meyer to be charged in May of 1920?

Accepted Answer

He used biblical stories in German to teach his students how to read

Question 19

Hernandez v. Texas guaranteed that each moment of legal progress for one minority was in fact a victory for all

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

What was the language law based on?

Accepted Answer

Came from the idea of nativist sentiment that was a result from WWI

Question 21

What administration originally passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965

Accepted Answer

Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 22

Brown v. Board stated that Plessy v. Ferguson deprived students of-

Accepted Answer

equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th amendment

Question 23

The ruling of Meyer's v. Nebraska ensured parents' rights for their children to learn their native language

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Before Brown v. Board, why had separate but equal been accepted

Accepted Answer

Physical facilities and factores were considered "equal"

Question 25

Brown v. Board of Education (Topeka) overturned what previous Supreme Court case?

Accepted Answer

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 26

Mexican Americans were legally classified as "white" which made them easier to exploit for integration

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Brown v. Board of Education (Topeka) got rid of what statement that had been the foundation for the education system?

Accepted Answer

Separate but equal

Bonus Quiz

Questions 27

Bonus Quiz

Questions 27