Nonviolent Protest

Question 1

The main goal of the Freedom Summer campaign was

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registering African Americans to vote.

Question 2

A result of the media showing the United States the violence against peaceful protestors in Birmingham was

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the passing of civil rights legislation.

Question 3

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

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the police used fire hoses on protesters.

Question 4

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 5

The Freedom Summer campaign led to

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the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Question 6

most likely

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New laws were needed to protect the rights of African Americans.

Question 7

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 8

Which occurred when James Meredith applied to the University of Mississippi?

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He was blocked from enrolling.

Question 9

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 10

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.

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