AR 1950s Quiz

Question 1

the first African American student to be admitted to any southern university for professional or graduate coursework

Answer 1

Silas Hunt

Question 2

Served as governor from 1949-1953; wanted greater opportunity for African Americans

Answer 2

Sid McMath

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Winthrop Rockefeller

Question 4

infamous governor who served during the Little Rock Central High School crisis

Answer 4

Orval Faubus

Question 5

born in Kensett served in the US House of Representatives from 1939 to 1977, making him one of the longest - serving politicians in AR history. Also one of the most powerful lawmakers in the nation. The name “Mr. Chairman”

Answer 5

Wilbur Mills

Question 6

a successful Arkansas governor and US senator in the 1970s, 80s and 90s

Answer 6

Dale Bumbers

Question 7

Popular Arkansas politician who served as a state legislator, as governor, a US senator, and in the US House of Representatives

Answer 7

David Pryor

Question 8

a Democrat and segregationist who was a state Supreme Court justice and ran for governor against Rockefeller in 1966

Answer 8

Justice Jim Johnson

Question 9

in 1975 became the first woman appointed to the Arkansas Supreme Court

Answer 9

Elsijane T. Roy

Question 10

Led other democrats on senate committee to walk out of hearings in protest of Senator McCarthy’s brash and aggressive behavior

Answer 10

John McClellan

Question 11

Reelected Rockefeller to a second terms as US Senate, and gave their electoral votes to George Wallace for president

Answer 11

William Fubright

Question 12

Headquartered in Bentonville and founded by Sam Walton in 1962, the company grew from one store in Rogers to almost seven thousand stores with almost two million employees, and it is the world’s largest company

Answer 12

Wal Mart

Question 13

a department store chain founded in Nashville, AR. Today, its world headquarters are located in Little Rock.

Answer 13

Dillards

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Tyson Foods

Question 15

a wireless technology and communications service provider founded in Little Rock in 1943

Answer 15

Alltel

Question 16

one of the country’s leading transport (trucking) and logistics (organized movements of goods) companies, founded in 1969; its headquarters are located in Lowell.

Answer 16

J.B. Hunt

Question 17

an investment-banking firm (one of the largest outside of Wall Street in New York) founded in 1933 in Little Rock by W. R. “Witt” Stephens. Its headquarters remain in Little Rock

Answer 17

Stephens Inc

Question 18

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 Stuttgart

Answer 18

Riceland Foods

Question 19

the statewide newspaper founded in 1819 by William Woodruff, which was bought by the owner of the Arkansas Democrat in 1991

Answer 19

Arkansas Gazette

Question 20

the location of the first attempts of public school integration in Little rock in the 1950s. The conflicts between segregationists, law enforcement, the public, and civil rights activists drew international attention to the situation

Answer 20

Central High School

Question 21

powerful business, lobbyists or other activists who give money to a political candidate in an attempt to influence him or her on a specific issue

Answer 21

Special Interests

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Sunshine Law

Question 23

charitable contributions; to distribute or donate funds or goods

Answer 23

Philanthropy

Question 24

long-term prison inmates entrusted with the oversight of other prisoners

Answer 24

Trustys

Question 25

the Little Rock School District’s original desegregation plan, proposed by the superintendent, Virgil Blossom

Answer 25

Blossom Plan