Civil Rights and Voting Rights Answers

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Civil rights activists challenged Southern voting laws because they conflicted with

the Fifteenth Amendment.

the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

the Thirteenth Amendment.

the Declaration of Independence.

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During the first Selma voting rights march on March 7, 1965,

protesters attacked onlookers with tear gas and hoses.

marchers were attacked by police as they crossed a bridge.

about 25,000 marchers were arrested.

marchers received the voting rights they sought.

Who gave an historically important speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?

John F. Kennedy

Martin Luther King Jr.

George Wallace

Lyndon B. Johnson

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