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LIttle Rock Nine

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Marbury v. Madison

e)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

2.

In what state did the Little Rock Nine attend high school?

a)

Arkansas

b)

Mississippi

c)

South Carolina

d)

Georgia

e)

Alabama

3.

Who ordered the national guard to stop the Little Rock Nine on their first day of school?

a)

The president

b)

A senator

c)

The principal

d)

The major

e)

The governor

4.

What high school did the Little Rock Nine attend?

a)

Middle High School

b)

City High School

c)

Central High School


d)

Western High School

e)

County High School

5.

Who organized the Little Rock Nine?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Daisy Bates

c)

Ernest Green

d)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

e)

Harriet Tubman

6.

Once they were attending school, things were easy for the Little Rock Nine.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What president sent the U.S. Army to protect the Little Rock Nine?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

e)

John F. Kennedy

8.

What happened after the first year that the Little Rock Nine attended high school?

a)

Even more black students attended Central High


b)

All public high schools in the state became integrated

c)

The governor closed all public high schools in Little Rock

d)

All are correct

e)

The students had made their point and all people got along

9.

Which student would later become the Assistant Secretary of Labor for President Jimmy Carter?

a)

Gloria Ray

b)

Melba Patillo

c)

Jefferson Thomas

d)

Ernest Green

e)

Thelma Mothershed

10.

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

a)

1

b)

8

c)

6

d)

5