L13: Skills in Context "Linda Brown" and "Little Rock Nine"
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Base your answers on the article “Linda Brown.”
Read this sentence from the article.
Linda Brown's family and twelve other African American families
decided to fight against the laws that upheld segregation in the
schools.
What is the meaning of the word segregation as used in the sentence above?
required classes
classroom discipline
separation of people by race
solving of students' problems
Base your answers on the article “Linda Brown.”
What generalization can be made about the Supreme Court justices in the 1950s?
They supported segregation.
They cared about educating children.
They believed that white teachers should be paid higher wages.
They thought all schools did a poor job of educating students.
Base your answers on the article “Linda Brown.”
Read this sentence from the article.
When the families were turned away and sent to the all-black schools,
a lawsuit was filed.
What is the meaning of the wordlawsuit as used in the sentence above?
list of names
case in court
permission form
newspaper reporter
Base your answers on the article “Linda Brown.”
Read this sentence from the article.
A new revolution had begun—that of equality in education.
What is the meaning of the word revolution as used in the sentence above?
change
integration
rule
war
Base your answers on the article “The Little Rock Nine.”
Which of these BEST describes the structure of the article “The Little Rock Nine” ?
sequence of events
order of importance
question and answer
comparison and contrast
Base your answers on the article “The Little Rock Nine.”
Which sentence from the article supports the conclusion that equality was a higher priority for the U.S. government than it was for the individual state governments?
“These students became known as the Little Rock Nine.”
“Many people did not want people of a different race to use the
same things they used.”
“Sometimes, the federal government stepped in to make sure that
people were treated equally.”
“In 1957, nine African American students tried to enter Central High
School in Little Rock, Arkansas.”
Base your answers on the article “The Little Rock Nine.”
Read this sentence from the article.
The state's governor sent the Arkansas National Guard to
stop them, but the students knew they could not retreat.
What is the meaning of the word retreat as used in the sentence above?
escape
relax
triumph
withdraw
Base your answers on the article “The Little Rock Nine.”
Using the events in Little Rock in 1957, what conclusion can you draw about the U.S. President?
He trusted the local police to protect the students.
He supported integrating the country's schools.
He believed African Americans should be kept segregated.
He thought students could get a separate but equal education.
Base your answers on the articles “Linda Brown” and “The Little Rock Nine.”
Both articles are about the historical movement of bringing people together, or
consultation.
education.
experimentation.
integration.
At the end of both articles, the United States was