School Desegregation Lesson (Brown and Ruby)

School Desegregation Lesson (Brown and Ruby)

Multiple Choice

What court case upheld segregation in schools?

• Brown v Board of Education

• Marbury v Madison

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Brown v NOLA schools

Open Ended

Why did Oliver Brown take his case to court?

Multiple Choice

What was the court's final ruling?

• Schools should remain segregated.

• All segregation in the US would end.

• School segregation was illegal.

• Segregation on buses would end.

Multiple Choice

Schools began immediate desegregation after the court's ruling.

• True

• False

Open Ended

What did Virginia try to do in order to avoid desegregating public schools in their state?

Open Ended

Why do you think southern schools resisted the process of integration?

Multiple Choice

Who were the Little Rock Nine?

• Nine people who wanted to fight the integration of schools.

• Nine black students who were trying to be admitted to an all white school in Little Rock.

• A group that was fighting for the right to allow girls in public schools in Arkansas.

• Students trying to challenge bus laws in Arkansas.

Multiple Choice

Who had to step in to force school integration in Little Rock?

• The governor of Arkansas

• The President of the US

• The mayor in Little Rock

• The Little Rock police

Open Ended

Why are these 9 students and what they did so important to the Civil Rights Movement?

Multiple Choice

Where city did Ruby Bridges live in?

• Baton Rouge

• New Orleans

• Little Rock

• Montgomery

Open Ended

Why was Ruby Bridges so important to the Civil Rights Movement?