Day 3: Court Cases Questions

What role did Arkansas governor Orval Faubus play in the Little Rock Crisis?

• He Challenged the authority of the federal government to desegregate schools
• He refused assistance from the federal government to improve minority graduation rates
• He vetoed legislation to establish a separate school system for whites and blacks
• He helped minimize race-related violence by establishing integrated advisory groups

What was one way the decision described in this passage affected the United States in the first half of the twentieth century?

• Minorities were not allowed to attend schools with whites
• Poll taxes in federal elections were ruled unconstitutional
• Affirmative action programs were ruled unconstitutional
• Minorities were not allowed to join the military

How does the 1966 Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona continue to affect society?

• People accused of a crime have the right to be tried by a jury of their peers
• People accused of a crime must be informed of their constitutional rights
• Election officials monitor polling sites during elections
• Federal agencies use affirmative-action guidelines

What amendment does it protect?

• 1st Amendment
• 5th Amendment
• 9th Amendment
• 19th Amendment

How did the decision in this 1950 case benefit minorities?

• By setting a precedent for Brown v. Board of Education
• By reinforcing the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
• By giving state governments the power to create school programs
• By allowing for the creation of religious schools

In 1957, Arkansas governor Orval Faubus attracted national attention for his opposition to the -

• Ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment
• Integration of Little Rock Central High School
• Use of the Arkansas National Guard
• Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision

What was the significance of sending federal troops to protect African American students in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957?

• It led to a federal takeover of many Southern public schools
• It strengthened control of education by state governments
• It was the first time martial law had been declared in the U.S.
• It showed that the federal government would enforce court decisions on integration

Who was most instrumental in the event described in this headline?

• Rosa Parks
• Ella Baker
• Thurgood Marshall
• Medgar Evers

What court case in 1954 states that schools must desegregate?

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Hernandez v. Texas
• Miranda v. Arizona
• Brown v. Board of Education

Which previous Supreme Court decision had protected the practice described in this excerpt?

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Hernandez v. Texas
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Wisconsin v. Yoder