2. Vocabulary Practice

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

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

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

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

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

11. prefer – verb – to like better

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

13. dream – noun – something hoped for; aspiration

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

15. recall – verb – to bring back to mind; remember

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

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

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

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

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

23. injustice – noun – unfair treatment of a person or thing

24. 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.

25. 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.