Civil rights movement

How should 1957 Little Rock crisis be understood?

• The 1957 Little Rock crisis became a test of whether the federal government would enforce school desegregation
• Arkansas became a state only after the Civil War ended.
• The Arkansas region was never part of the Louisiana Purchase.
• Arkansas immediately voted to leave the Union before the Civil War’s opening military crisis.

Which statement best describes Federal troops?

• The Little Rock school crisis had no connection to federal authority.
• The Arkansas region was never part of the Louisiana Purchase.
• Federal troops were used in Little Rock to enforce integration at Central High School
• Slavery had no connection to antebellum cotton production in Arkansas.