Lesson 2
2 Developments in education Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 17
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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What did the Supreme Court decide in Brown v. Topeka (1954)?
- Poll taxes legal
- School segregation unconstitutional
- Transport integration banned
- Separate equal upheld
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What major legal precedent was overturned by the Brown ruling?
- States rights
- Universal suffrage
- Judicial review
- Separate but equal
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Who intervened to help the Little Rock Nine enter school in 1957?
- Federal troops
- National Guard
- Local mayors
- State police
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Who sent federal troops to Little Rock?
- President Truman
- President Eisenhower
- President Kennedy
- Governor George Wallace
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Which force did Governor Faubus use to block integration at Little Rock?
- Federal army
- Private militia
- Local police
- National Guard
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How did many Southern states initially respond to the Brown v. Board decision?
- Voluntary compliance
- Legal resistance
- Immediate integration
- Financial rewards
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Who was Chief Justice when Brown was decided?
- Roger Taney
- Melville Fuller
- Earl Warren
- William Rehnquist
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What did school desegregation officially mean in practice?
- Mandatory boarding
- Ending racial separation
- Abolishing homework
- Private school funding
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What tactic was used by Southern school boards to delay integration for years?
- Federal funding
- Deliberate procrastination
- Voluntary busing
- Immediate compliance
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A federal court orders a Southern school to admit Black students. Which decision is this based on?
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- Brown v. Topeka
- A Jim Crow statute
- A voting rights law
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Nine students walk into a school guarded by troops. What is this scene?
- Little Rock crisis
- Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Greensboro sit-ins
- Selma march
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A state governor refuses to let Black students enter a white school. Which crisis is this?
- Greensboro
- Little Rock
- Montgomery
- Birmingham
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Which constitutional principle was the basis for challenging school segregation?
- States rights
- Taxation equality
- Equal protection
- Freedom of speech
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Why was federal intervention at Little Rock Central High School significant?
- Enforced court orders
- Closed all schools
- Created new taxes
- Abolished state laws
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What was the immediate outcome for the Little Rock Nine?
- Armed military protection
- Voluntary transfer
- Immediate acceptance
- Permanent suspension
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Which 1954 case ended the legal basis for segregated public schools?
- Roe v. Wade
- Brown v. Topeka
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- Marbury v. Madison
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Why was the Brown v. Board ruling a major civil rights turning point?
- Universal suffrage
- Economic equality
- Immediate integration
- Legal backing
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How did the events at Little Rock impact the civil rights movement overall?
- Highlighted federal power
- Ended all racism
- Abolished state police
- Stopped integration
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What primary methods slowed school desegregation across the South after 1954?
- Peaceful protests
- Federal mandates
- Legal tactics
- Judicial support
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What did Eisenhower's deployment of troops to Little Rock demonstrate?
- Federal supremacy
- Judicial weakness
- State supremacy
- Military coup
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