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Keller & Maggie - Brown vs. Board of Education

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How old was Ruby Bridges when she became the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the south?

a)

Nine

b)

Eight

c)

Six

d)

Five

2.

What was the name of the formerly all-white school that she would be attending?

a)

McDonald Elementary School

b)

William Frantz Elementary School

c)

Cracker Barrel

d)

Little Rock Elementary

3.

How many other African Americans did she go to school with?

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Where did Ruby spend her time at school?

a)

In the Principal's Office

b)

Outside

c)

One classroom for African Americans

d)

Barbara Henry's classroom

5.

Who were Ruby's teachers?

a)

Kathleen Ann

b)

Peggy Miller

c)

Barbara Henry

d)

Georgia White

6.

What award did Ruby receive as an adult?

a)

Civil Rights Award

b)

The Carter G. Woodson Award

c)

Nobel Peace Prize

d)

Norman Rockwell Peace Prize

7.

What year did Ruby integrate?

a)

1945

b)

1967

c)

1952

d)

1960

8.

Which of Ruby’s parents didn’t want her to go at first?

a)

Father

b)

Mother

9.

How many students passed the test?

a)

3

b)

1

c)

6

d)

9

10.

What was the thing that really scared Ruby?

a)

Spiders

b)

A woman outside the school, proudly displaying a black doll in a coffin.

c)

Transferring to a new school

d)

The harrassment from her fellow students.

11.

What did white parents do in response to Ruby's integration?

a)

Pulled their kids out of school

b)

Protested outside

c)

Refused to fund the school

d)

Broke windows of the school

12.

How did the Governor react to these students entering the university?

a)

He blocked the door

b)

He personally escored the students to ensure safety

c)

He made sure they were fairly treated

d)

He attempted to persuade the students to leave

13.

How did President Kennedy respond to the Governor's response?

a)

He sent the National Guard to force the Governor to stop.

b)

He refused to do anything

c)

He sent the National Guard to assist him.

d)

He gave the Governor an award

14.

Who were the two students selected to break the color barrier at The University of Alabama?

a)

Vivian Malone

b)

Courtney Tooson

c)

James Hood

d)

George Wallace

15.

When did the governer say segregation would exist in his 1963 inaugural address?

a)

Today

b)

In a year

c)

Forever

d)

Tomorrow

e)

Never

16.

Which of the students of Little Rock Nine wrote “Warriors Don’t Cry”?

a)

Melba Patillo Beals

b)

Ernest Green

c)

Elizabeth Eckford

d)

Ruby Bridges

17.

Who did Eisenhower persuade to remove the National Guard from the school?

a)

FDR

b)

Governor Faubus

c)

An angry mob

18.

What else hindered the students entrance into the school?

a)

The bus they were riding on broke

b)

The Governer blocking the door

c)

A vicious mob of white people

19.

How long did the nine students actually get to attend classes the first day they actually made it into the school?

a)

Two hours

b)

Five hours

c)

Three hours

d)

One hour

20.

Who was the senior of the Little Rock Nine and subsequently the first African-American to graduate from an all-white school?

a)

Ernest Green

b)

Melba Beals

c)

Elizabeth Eckford

d)

Ruby Bridges

21.

Which student arrived alone and was spat on?

a)

Ernest Green

b)

Melba Beals

c)

Elizabeth Eckford

d)

Ruby Bridges

22.

Who escorted the Little Rock Nine into school?

a)

Nobody

b)

Army Troops

c)

The President

d)

The Principal

23.

What state was the school the Little Rock Nine went to in?

a)

Illinois

b)

Arkansas

c)

New York

d)

Texas

24.

What did Ernest Green do that the principal advised against?

a)

Walked up to get his diploma

b)

Went to a graduation party

c)

Fought back

25.

Which of these students didn't attend Little Rock?

a)

Ernest Green

b)

Melba Beals

c)

Elizabeth Eckford

d)

Ruby Bridges

26.

Who recruited the Little Rock Nine?

a)

William Franz

b)

Daisy Gaston Bates

c)

George Wallace

d)

Thelma Mothershed

27.

What year did James Hood die?

a)

2005

b)

2013

c)

2016

d)

2020

28.

What year did Vivian Jones die?

a)

2013

b)

2017

c)

2005

d)

2021

29.

What year did Vivian Jones graduate?

a)

1970

b)

1965

c)

1982

d)

1963

30.

What year did James Hood get a doctorate at the University of Alabama?

a)

1990

b)

1995

c)

1983

d)

1973

31.

What was a different result of Wallace's stand?

a)

Wallace was killed

b)

It scared students

c)

It moved the Democratic Party into the Civil Rights Movement

32.

Which student was the first African-American to graduate from the all-white college?

a)

Ernest Green

b)

James Hood

c)

Ruby Bridges

d)

Vivian Jones

33.

What was the name of the Governer's protest?

a)

"Stand in the Schoolhouse Door"

b)

"Segragation Forever"

c)

"Wallace's Stand"

34.

When did Governer Wallace's stand take place?

a)

June 11, 1963

b)

May 12, 1965

c)

June 13, 1962

d)

May 11, 1963