Desegregation and Massive Resistance in Virginia Quiz

Who led a student strike against segregation in Farmville, Virginia, in 1951?

• The Norfolk 17

• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

• Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

• Barbara Johns

What was the outcome of the Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954?

• Massive Resistance was declared constitutional

• Separate but equal public schools were declared unconstitutional

• Desegregation was declared unconstitutional

• Segregation was declared constitutional

What was the policy of Massive Resistance?

• A policy to support desegregation

• A policy to integrate public schools

• A policy to resist the desegregation of public schools

• A policy to close all public schools

Who was a lawyer from Virginia that helped fight for the desegregation of schools?

• Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

• Barbara Johns

• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

• The Norfolk 17

What was the Norfolk 17 known for?

• Leading the Massive Resistance Movement

• Being a group of African American students admitted to previously all-white schools

• Closing schools to avoid desegregation

• Being a group of lawyers fighting for desegregation

After Virginia's public school were order to integrate...

• all schools were black and white
• some schools closed
• schools stayed segregated
• everyone was happy

Which action occurred as a result of the Supreme Court decision excerpted here?

• The requirement of equal access to school facilities for disabled students

• The expansion of science in school curricula

• The implementation of requirements for federal certification of private-school teachers

• The desegregation of public schools

What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?

• Guzman V. School

• Brown V. Board of Education

• Miranda V. Arizona

• Plessy V. Ferguson

Matching the following words to the correct definition.

• The separation of people.

• segregation

• granted full equality of people

• integration

• The legal end of racial segregation.

• desegregation

As a Virginia Senator, I led the “Massive Resistance” movement to resist integrating schools.  Who am I?

• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

• A. Linwood Holton

• L. Douglas Wilder

• Arthur Ashe, Jr.