Quiz  /  Thurgood Marshall MCQ Quiz Questions with Answers

  • 1. 
    Where was Thurgood Marshall born?

  • Georgia
  • Alabama
  • Massachusetts
  • Maryland

  • 2. 
    What is Thurgood Marshall most famous for?

  • Founding the NAACP
  • A scientist who discovered many uses for the peanut
  • The first African-American Supreme Court Justice
  • The first President of South Africa

  • 3. 
    What career did Thurgood Marshall's parents hope he would pursue?

  • Dentist
  • Doctor
  • Farmer
  • Teacher

  • 4. 
    Where did Thurgood Marshall attend law school?

  • Howard University
  • Yale
  • Harvard
  • University of Maryland

  • 5. 
    Thurgood Marshall became the chief council of what civil rights group?

  • ACLU
  • NRA
  • NOW
  • NAACP

  • 6. 
    What landmark decision did Thurgood Marshall argue and win in the Supreme Court?

  • Brown v. Board of Education
  • Miranda v. Arizona
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

  • 7. 
    What university did Thurgood Marshall sue to allow black students to attend?

  • Howard University
  • Harvard
  • Yale
  • University of Maryland

  • 8. 
    What is it called when students go to different schools based on race?

  • Suffrage
  • Prohibition
  • Civil Rights
  • Segregation

  • 9. 
    What president nominated Thurgood Marshall for the Supreme Court?

  • Richard Nixon
  • Jimmy Carter
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Lyndon Johnson

  • 10. 
    Who replaced Thurgood Marshal on the Supreme Court when he retired?

  • John Roberts
  • Stephen Breyer
  • Sandra Day O'Connor
  • Clarence Thomas
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