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6. How did Governor Faubus try to get round the President's action in September 1958?

  • By having troops stop black students from entering previously whites only schools in Arkansas
  • By sparking riots amongst the schoolchildren in Arkansas util the President would realise that integration wasn't working
  • By closing all the schools in Arkansas
  • By ignoring integration

7. Which organisation had arranged for the 9 students enrolling at Little Rock High School to arrive together?

  • The NAACP
  • The CORE
  • The SCLC
  • The SNCC

8. The Governor of Arkansas- ... was opposed to integration. He called out the ... on the first day of school to 'protect the school' by keeping the black students out.

  • The Governor of Arkansas- Aldwin Faubus was opposed to integration. He called out the federal troops on the first day of school to 'protect the school' by keeping the black students out.
  • The Governor of Arkansas- Orville Forbes was opposed to integration. He called out the army on the first day of school to 'protect the school' by keeping the black students out.
  • The Governor of Arkansas- Orville Faubus was opposed to integration. He called out the state National Guard on the first day of school to 'protect the school' by keeping the black students out.
  • The Governor of Arkansas- Oliver Forbus was opposed to integration. He called out the police on the first day of school to 'protect the school' by keeping the black students out.

9. School officials tried to ease integration at Little Rock High School in ... by choosing 9 out of the ... black students registered for admission to start in the first year.

  • School officials tried to ease integration at Little Rock High School in Arkansas by choosing 9 out of the 75 black students registered for admission to start in the first year.
  • School officials tried to ease integration at Little Rock High School in Florida by choosing 9 out of the 65 black students registered for admission to start in the first year.
  • School officials tried to ease integration at Little Rock High School in Delaware by choosing 9 out of the 80 black students registered for admission to start in the first year.
  • School officials tried to ease integration at Little Rock High School in Georgia by choosing 9 out of the 90 black students registered for admission to start in the first year.

10. On what date did the events of Little Rock take place?

  • 3rd September 1957
  • 4th September 1957
  • 5th September 1957
  • 6th September 1957

11. The terrifying mob that the Little Rock 9 were met by numbered...

  • More than 2000
  • More than 500
  • More than 1000
  • More than 300

12. Which 2 sates were the only southern states that tried to obey the Supreme Court order of integration of schools as a result of the Brown v Topeka case?

  • Arkansas and Texas
  • Florida and Kentucky
  • Tennessee and Delaware
  • Geogia and Alabama