a federal government is a system of government where there is one central government that controls a collection of smaller state governments

desegregation is when segregation is ended

something is unconstitutional when it breaks the terms of a country's constitution, especially when it violates the rights given to individuals by the constitution

a school board is a group of individuals responsible for making decisions about schools in the local area

Progress in education, 1954-60

History

This contextualises opposition to the Civil Rights Movement

Pupils know that the USA was founded by European settlers

USA: how did the civil rights movement develop between 1954-60?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

breaks the terms of a country’s constitution

 a group responsible for making decisions about schools locally

Which civil rights organisation was involved in Brown v Topeka?

Schools were quick to follow the Supreme Court's order to desegregate.

Some schools refused to desegregate until they were eventually forced.

The KKK gained more members as people protested against the ruling.

Which of the following statements correctly describes the outcome of Brown v Topeka?

Which student turned up at Little Rock alone?

Which troops were sent in to escort and protect the Little Rock Nine?

The Little Rock Nine successfully enrolled on 25th September 1957.

All four high schools in Little Rock closed rather than desegregate.

All high schools in Little Rock immediately moved to desegregate.

 Students were educated at home for a year.

It set a precedent for challenging segregation at a federal level.

Which of the following statements correctly explain the impact of Eisenhower's enforcing of desegregation after the events at Little Rock?

Which of the following activists helped to found the NAACP?

when different groups of people are forcefully kept separate or apart

to have political and social freedom and equality

to kill someone for an offence without a trial

They resulted in the segregation of schools.

They had been introduced in every southern state, and some northern states.

 If a Black American was to break these laws, they could be lynched.

Which of the following correctly describes the impact of the Jim Crow laws?

Who was the President of the USA in both 1954 and 1957?

Segregation was legal if it was ‘separate but equal’.

Segregation was legal if it was 'separate but unequal'.

They chose to fight racial injustice in the courts.

They did sit-ins, marches and other forms of protests.

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Adult supervision recommended

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