Civil Rights — Test

Question 18 • US History Studies Since 1877

Which best describes the circumstances that led to Brown v. Board of Education ?

Answer

A state university permitted an African American student to attend but not interact with white students.

Orval Faubus sent the Arkansas National Guard to block African American students from attending white schools.

An 8-year-old girl had to walk through a dangerous area to attend an African American school each day.

Nineteen senators and seventy-seven representatives signed a document called the Southern Manifesto.

Explanation

Brown v. Board of Education began after Linda Brown, an African American student in Topeka, Kansas, was denied admission to a nearby white school and had to travel farther to attend a segregated school. Her route included crossing railroad tracks, making the trip difficult and dangerous. The other choices describe events connected to resistance to desegregation after the Supreme Court’s ruling.

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