McCarthyism

Question 1

Read this excerpt from one of Martin Luther King’s speeches. What method of protest is he advocating for in this speech?

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B: nonviolent resistance

Question 2

What percentage of bus riders were African American in 1955?

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C: 75%

Question 3

What did the Montgomery Bus Boycott teach civil rights activists in Montgomery and elsewhere?

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A: One person could make a difference.; B: Segregation laws could be changed.; C: Nonviolent resistance could inspire a violent response.; D: Nonviolent resistance could succeed in ending segregation.

Question 4

How was the Southern Christian Leadership Conference different from the Montgomery Improvement Association?

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A: It focused on civil rights across the South.

Question 5

What was the purpose of the sit-ins?

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B: To bring about an end to segregation

Question 6

Why might CORE have called its bus campaign freedom rides?

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C: Because they wanted African Americans to be free to travel safely

Question 7

How did Malcolm X bring people into the Nation of Islam?Check all of the boxes that apply.

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A: He started a newspaper.; B: He gave stirring speeches.; C: He opened new branches of the Nation.

Question 8

Why did the African American community believe their boycott would succeed in ending bus segregation?

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B: Buses lost the majority of their business.

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