Little Rock

From key topic 2:The Civil Rights Movement, 1945-62 of the edexcel exam course A Divided Union? The USA 1945-70

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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.
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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- 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.
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Which organisation had arranged for the 9 students enrolling at Little Rock High School to arrive together?
The NAACP
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Why did Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock 9, arrive at the school on her own?
Due to a mix up
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The mob that Elizabeth Eckford was met by was terrifying, but she managed to reach the soldiers, thinking they would help her get into the school and safety. Instead they turned her back, forcing her to go back through the mob that was shouting what?
"Lynch her!"
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On what date did the events of Little Rock take place?
5th September 1957
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The terrifying mob that the Little Rock 9 were met by numbered...
More than 1000
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President Eisenhower sent ... to escort and protect the Little Rock 9. After ... they were replaced by ... under the orders of ..., they stayed at the school for ...
President Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort and protect the Little Rock 9. After a month they were replaced by National Guardsmen under the orders of the president, they stayed at the school for a year.
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In ... Eisenhower introduced the first Civil Rights Act since .... It set up a commission to prosecute anybody who tried to deny ... their rights.
In 1957 Eisenhower introduced the first Civil Rights Act since 1875. It set up a commission to prosecute anybody who tried to deny American Citizens their rights.
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How did Governor Faubus try to get round the President's action in September 1958?
By closing all the schools in Arkansas
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Even after Little Rock, progress on integration was slow. By 1963 there were only ... children at mixed schools in the South, out of a total of ... and none at all in Alabama, ... or South Carolina.
Even after Little Rock, progress on integration was slow. By 1963 there were only 30,000 children at mixed schools in the South, out of a total of 2,900,000 and none at all in Alabama, Mississippi or South Carolina.
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Card 2

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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.

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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.

Card 3

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

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Card 4

Front

Why did Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock 9, arrive at the school on her own?

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Card 5

Front

The mob that Elizabeth Eckford was met by was terrifying, but she managed to reach the soldiers, thinking they would help her get into the school and safety. Instead they turned her back, forcing her to go back through the mob that was shouting what?

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