Lesson 5- Nonviolent Protest

Question 1

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 2

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

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Many people responded violently.

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

most likely

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

Question 5

The main goal of the Freedom Summer campaign was

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registering African Americans to vote.

Question 6

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 7

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

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He was blocked from enrolling.

Question 8

best

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They were intimidated by violent threats and actions.

Question 9

Eugene “Bull” Connor, the commissioner of public safety in Birmingham in the 1960s,

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led a violent crackdown on civil rights protests.

Question 10

The Universities of Alabama and Mississippi were able to integrate because

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the federal government became involved.

Lesson 5- Nonviolent Protest Answers