One of the Little Rock Nine

Read the paragragh, then answer the question.

About 80 African-American students had been approved by the Little Rock School Board to transfer to Central High School the follwoing year. Then the number dropped to 10. Students were told they could not join extracurricular activities. Some parents were worried about a growing threat of violence against students and their families.

Which answer choice is an accurate explanation of what this paragraph means?

• All of the schools in Little were thought to be violent places in the 1950's.Rock, Arkansas

• Extracurricular activities were canceled for white students as well as African-American students.

• Only a few African-American students planned to transfer to Central High School, and they were treated unfairly and threatened.

• The school board changed the number of transfer students from 80 to 10 because there wasn't enough room at the school.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

Read the paragraph, then answer the questions.

The Little Rock Nine faced bullying and physical assaults every day. The African-American students were never placed in classes with each other. They could not discuss their torment. Minnijean had cafeteria food spilled on her three separate times. None of her white bullies ever seemed to get punished.

Which sentence from the paragraph supports the conclusion that white students were allowed to bully Minnijean Brown-Trickey without consequences?

• The Little Rock Nine faced bukkying and physical assaults every day.

• The African-American students were never placed in classes with each other.

• Minnijean had cafeteria food spilled on her three separate times.

• None of her white bullies seemed to get punished.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

What caused segregation to end in U.S. schools?

• The Supreme Court decided it was against the law.

• President Dwight D. Eisenhower made it illegal.

• Arkansas's Governor Orval Faubus used the military to end it.

• The Little Rock Ninie went on OPrah's show and talked about it.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

According to the section, "An Afternoon That History Will Not Forget," how will Minnijean Trickey help history remember the Little Rock Nine?

• She will work with the president to give out congressional medals.

• She will write articles in newspapers about her experiences then.

• She will move to Canada and become an activist for peacemaking.

• She will allow the Smithsonian to display her objects from that time.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5