USA Topic 3 Part 1

What did the acronym CORE stand for?

• Campaign on Racial Equality

• Congress of Racial Equality

• Coloured Organisation for Racial Equality

The Brown vs Topeka case took place in what year?

• 1954

• 1955

• 1953

• 1056

by 1957 approximately how many black children were attending formerly segregated schools?

• 100,000

• 200,000

• 300,000

• 400,000

In what state did the events at Little Rock take place?

• Florida

• Mississippi

• Washington

• Arkansas

What was the name of the state governor, who ordered national guardsmen to block the entry of the students at Little Rock

• Thurgood Marshall

• Orval Faubus

• James Meredith

• Dwight Eisenhower

What was the university that James Meredith attempting to get admitted to?

• Mississippi

• Arizona

• Texas

• Louisiana

In what year did the Montgomery Bus Boycott take place?

• 1956

• 1953

• 1955

• 1954

Who was the leader of the Montgomery Women's Political Council?

• Rosa Parks

• Jo Anna

• Mary Jane

• Linda Brown

What was the name of the student at the centre of the Little Rock events?

• Elizabeth Eckford

• Linda Brown

• Rosa Parks

• Jo Anna

The events involving troops being called by the President to protect James Meredith were known as....

• The battle of Oxford

• The battle of Cambridge

• The battle of Alabama

• The battle of Arkansas