Nonviolent Protest

Question 1

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 2

A civil rights activist who was shot and killed because of his efforts to register African American voters was

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Medgar Evers.

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

The Freedom Summer campaign led to

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the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Question 6

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.

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