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Question 1

On a national level, the American public was

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outraged by

Question 2

What did Martin Luther King Jr. do as a call for action in Birmingham in 1963?

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He wrote a letter describing the violence African Americans faced.

Question 3

Which was the result of a bomb that exploded at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham?

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Four young girls were killed.

Question 4

Which word best describes the response of the public to the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on September 15, 1963?

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outrage

Question 5

Which occurred after James Meredith won the right to legally attend the University of Mississippi?

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The governor and university officials blocked him from enrolling.

Question 6

The Freedom Summer campaign led to

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the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Question 7

Why did Governor Wallace resist enrolling African Americans in the University of Alabama?

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He thought integration was a states’ rights issue.

Question 8

How were the initial sit-ins during the Birmingham Campaign of 1963 received?

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Many people responded violently.

Question 9

During the Children’s Crusade in Birmingham in May of 1963,

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the police used fire hoses on protesters.

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