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The Little Rock Nine Quiz

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the president do for the Little Rock 9?

a)

He bought all of their textbooks.

b)

He drove them to school each day.

c)

He sent US soldiers to escort them to school each day.

d)

He bought them lunch at a lunch counter.

2.

Who were the Little Rock 9?

a)

9 white students who went to a black school.

b)

9 black students who sat at a lunch counter.

c)

9 black students who went to a white school.

d)

9 Civil Rights protests.

3.
Where was Central High located?
a)
Little Rock, Arkansas
b)
Boulder, Colorado
c)
Stonecrest, Georgia
d)
Ebensburg, PA (you forgot the Cambria)
4.
Why did these students enroll in the all-white school?
a)
To follow the 1955 Supreme Court ruling that school boards make a "prompt and reasonable start" to desegregate
b)
To spur rage and cause violence to prove their point.
c)
To bring press to an important issue.
d)
They felt like it.
5.
What does NAACP stand for?
a)
National Association  giving Assistance to Colored People
b)
National Assitance Aiming to Comprehend People
c)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
d)
No, Apples Always Crush Pears
6.

What effect did the Supreme Court have on schools in the U.S.?

a)

It solved racial problems in schools.

b)

It gave states the option of integrating or segregating.

c)

It forced schools to segregate.

d)

It forced schools to integrate.

7.

What Supreme Court ruling said that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

8.

Who organized the Little Rock Nine?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Ernest Green

d)

Daisy Bates

9.

How many of the Little Rock Nine made it through the entire year of school?

a)

8

b)

6

c)

3

d)

1