Matching test

Question 1

Central High School

Answer 1

Public School in Little Rock Arkansas that held the first Black Students to go to a white school (Little Rock 9) in Arkansas in 1957

Question 2

Sunshine Law

Answer 2

Also known as the Freedom of Information law, it opened government records to public view

Question 3

Philanthropy

Answer 3

Charitable contributions

Question 4

Trustys

Answer 4

Long term prison inmates entrusted with the oversight of other prisoners

Question 5

Blossom Plan

Answer 5

Little Rock’s original desegregation plan; focused on Central High

Question 6

Silas Hunt

Answer 6

The first African American to be admitted to any southern University for professional or graduate coursework

Question 7

Withrop Rockefeller

Answer 7

The first Republican governor elected in Arkansas since Reconstruction; he replaced Orval Faubus. he was also a well-known philanthropist and business leader

Question 8

Sid McMath

Answer 8

A progressive Democratic reformer and governor of Arkansas from 1949 to 1953

Question 9

Orval Faubus

Answer 9

Infamous governor who served during the Little Rock Central High Crisis

Question 10

Wilbur Mills

Answer 10

Served in the U.S House of Reps from 1939 to 1977, making him one of the longest serving politicians in Arkansas

Question 11

Dale Bumpers

Answer 11

A successful Arkansas governor and U.S Senator in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s

Question 12

David Pryor

Answer 12

Popular Arkansas politician who served as a state legislator as a governor, a U.S Senator and in the U.S House of Representatives

Question 13

Justice Jim Johnson

Answer 13

Democrat and Segregationist who was a state supreme court justice and ran for governor against Rockefeller in 1966

Question 14

Elsijane T. Ray

Answer 14

In 1975 became the first woman appointed to the Arkansas Supreme court

Question 15

John McCellan

Answer 15

Served longer in the U.S Senate than any other Arkansas Legislator form 1942 to 1977. Brought many federal projects to the state including the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System

Question 16

William Fulbright

Answer 16

A United States Senator representing Arkansas form January 1945 until his resignation in December of 1974 Fulbright was a southern Democrat and supported the Creation of the United Nations

Question 17

Wal-Mart

Answer 17

Headquartered in Bentonville and founded by Sam Walton in 1962, the company grew form one store in Rodgers to almost 11,000 with almost 2,000,000 employees and it is the world’s largest company

Question 18

Dillards

Answer 18

A department store chain founded in Nashville AR, today its headquarters are still located in Little Rock

Question 19

Tyson Foods

Answer 19

Headquartered in Springdale and founded in 1935, it is the world’s largest processor and marketer of beef, chicken, and pork.

Question 20

Alttel

Answer 20

A wireless technology and communications service provider founded in LR in 1943

Question 21

J.B Hunt

Answer 21

One of the Country’s leading transport and logistics companies founded in 1969, its headquarters are located in Lowell

Question 22

Stephens Inc

Answer 22

An Investment banking firm (one of the largest outside of New York) founded in 1933 in Little Rock by W.R Stephens. Its headquarters remain in Little Rock

Question 23

Riceland Foods

Answer 23

Founded in 1921, a cooperative that sells and mills rice, soybeans, and wheat. It is one of the world’s leading millers of rice, and is based in Stutgart

Question 24

Arkansas Gazette

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The State wide newspaper founded in 1819 by William Wooodruff, Which was bought by the owner of the Arkansas Democrat in 1991

Question 25

Hoxie

Answer 25

September 1955

Moved 21 African Americans into school systems

Question 26

Charleston

Answer 26

(Franklin County) in September 1954- first district in the “old south” to comply with Brown vs. Board of Education decision

Question 27

Fayetteville

Answer 27

Integrated three weeks later with 6 African America students