L13: Skills in Context "Linda Brown" and "Little Rock Nine"

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10 questions
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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?

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Base your answers on the article “Linda Brown.”

What generalization can be made about the Supreme Court justices in the 1950s?

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10

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 word lawsuit as used in the sentence above?

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10

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?

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Base your answers on the article “The Little Rock Nine.”

Which of these BEST describes the structure of the article “The Little Rock Nine” ?

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10

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?

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10

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?

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10

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?

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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

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At the end of both articles, the United States was