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The Freedom Summer campaign led to

A
the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment.
B
the Birmingham Campaign of 1963.
C
the integration of the University of Mississippi.
D
the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Why did Governor Wallace resist enrolling African Americans in the University of Alabama?

A
He thought integration was a states’ rights issue.
B
He thought integration was an education issue.
C
He thought integration was a religious issue.
D
He thought integration was an economic issue.
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A civil rights activist who was shot and killed because of his efforts to register African American voters was

A
James Meredith.
B
President Kennedy.
C
Medgar Evers.
D
Eugene “Bull” Connor.
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Eugene “Bull” Connor, the commissioner of public safety in Birmingham in the 1960s,

A
arrested members of the Ku Klux Klan.
B
bailed Martin Luther King Jr. out of jail.
C
protected protesters from white resisters.
D
led a violent crackdown on civil rights protests.
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What role did the media play during the Birmingham protests?

A
The media led protests.
B
The media petitioned the police for justice.
C
The media informed the rest of the country.
D
The media exaggerated the racial problems.
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Which best describes the response of authorities in Birmingham, Alabama, to civil rights protests in the 1960s?

A
They sometimes used violence to resist the protests.
B
They agreed with the protesters' aims.
C
They came to accept, over time, the presence of the protesters.
D
They responded peacefully to the protesters.
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Which word best describes the response of the public to the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on September 15, 1963?

A
outrage
B
acceptance
C
indifference
D
approval
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What did Martin Luther King Jr. do as a call for action in Birmingham in 1963?

A
He led many sit-ins, and organized freedom rides.
B
He petitioned the police to stop the violence against protesters.
C
He wrote a letter requesting that the president pass civil rights laws.
D
He wrote a letter describing the violence African Americans faced.

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