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What was the name of the all-white school in Little Rock?

Central High

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What court case overturned segregated schools?

Brown v. Board

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Who ignored the Supreme Court's ruling of segregated schools?

The governor of Arkansas

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Who decided to attend Central High School?

9 black students

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Who did the governor of Arkansas order to block Central High School?

The National Guard

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Who decided to challenge the governor of Arkansas?

President Eisenhower

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Who did the president send to Arkansas to protect the Little Rock 9?

The 101 Airborne

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True or false - The 101 Airborne went to school with the Little Rock 9 only on Mondays

False - They went to school with them everyday

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___ clashed with the army everyday in Little Rock

Protestors

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True or false - The boys of the Little Rock 9 were harassed everyday in the bathrooms

False - The girls were harassed

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What happened to one girl of the Little Rock 9 when she went to the bathroom?

She had acid thrown on her face

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The governor of Arkansas closed all high schools in Little Rock for how long?

A year

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A group of how many college students wanted to protest segregation?

4

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How did the group of 4 college students in Greensboro protest segregation?

They sat down in a segregated section of a diner

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What happened to the group of college students when they sat down in a segregated section of a diner?

They were refused service and asked to leave

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True or false - The group of 4 college students got up and left after they were told to do so

False - They stayed there all day until the diner closed

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In the next couple of days, _ of people started to sit in the diner

hundreds

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What began to spread around to other southern cities?

Sit-Ins

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What else (other than sit-ins) did students begin to do to segregated restaurants

They boycotted them

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True or false - The boycotts that college students did on segregated restaurants forced them to end segregation

True