Vocabulary Practice

The vitamins were parts of a _______ diet. a) unsuspectingunsuspecting b) expample c) injusticeinjustice d) nourishing

nourishing – adjective – helping to promote life, growth, or strength

The enemy _________ the general. a) captured b) injusticeinjustice c) ancestorsancestors d) unfairunfair

capture – verb – to seize and hold, as by force or skill

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

numerous – adjective – forming a large number; many

I ____ dancing to jogging. a) segregationsegregation b) unsuspectingunsuspecting c) preferred d) injustice injustice

prefer – verb – to like better

I have a ____ for world peace. a) numerous numerous b) segregationsegregation c) unsuspectingunsuspecting d) dream

dream – noun – something hoped for; aspiration

I can’t ______ their phone number. a) recall b) unfairunfair c) ancestorsancestors d) numerousnumerous

recall – verb – to bring back to mind; remember

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

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

I had many ________ with animals as a kid. a) encounters b) example c) captured d) segregationsegregation

encounter – noun – an often unexpected meeting with a person or thing

Their courage was an ________ of us all. a) recall b) ancestorsancestors c) numerousnumerous d) example

example – noun – someone or something that should be copied; model

They protested the ________ of not having a snow day. a) captured b) injustice c) numerousnumerous d) example

injustice – noun – unfair treatment of a person or thing

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.

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, 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.