2. Vocabulary Practice

3. Punishing all of us for the actions of my sister seemed _______. a) unsuspectingunsuspecting b) avoidedavoided c) injusticeinjustice d) unfairunfair

4. unfair – adjective – no fair or just

6. Your great-grandparents are some of your _________. a) avoidedavoided b) injusticeinjustice c) ancestorsancestors d) unfairunfair

7. ancestors – plural noun – people in the past from whom one comes

8. The mountain climber faced _____ problems, but they still had fun. a) ancestorsancestors b) numerousnumerous c) segregationsegregation d) unsuspectingunsuspecting

9. numerous – adjective – forming a large number; many

10. The ____ girls did not realize they were about to get sprayed by the hose. a) segregationsegregation b) unsuspectingunsuspecting c) avoidedavoided d) injustice injustice

11. unsuspecting – adjective – having no suspicions

12. Butch ____ doing hard work. a) numerous numerous b) segregationsegregation c) unsuspectingunsuspecting d) avoidedavoided

13. avoided – verb – stayed away from

14. There are many tools to fight ______, and everyone should know them. a) injusticeinjustice b) unfairunfair c) ancestorsancestors d) numerousnumerous

15. injustice – noun – lack of justice; unfairness

16. There are laws against ________ in public schools. a) unfairunfair b) ancestorsancestors c) numerousnumerous d) segregationsegregation

17. segregation – noun – the practice of setting one racial group apart from another

18. Linda Brown 1950, Linda Brown was a third grader living in Topeka, Kansas. Because she was African American, Linda Brown was forced to walk a long distance to catch a bus that took her to a school even farther away. She was not allowed to attend the elementary school that was only a few blocks from her home. Only white children could attend that school. African American children around the country had to attend different schools from white children. Separating students because of their race is a form of segregation. Segregation is the separation of people based on race or religion.

19. Brown v. Board of Education Thurgood Marshall presented the case before the United States Supreme Court. The decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas called for an end to school segregation. The Supreme Court reached its decision on May 17, 1954. Chief Justice Earl Warren stated in the reading of the Supreme Court's decision that "in the field of public education... 'separate but equal' has no place." Not every state followed that order right away. In time, however, segregation in schools came to an end.

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