AnswersPBCSD_CR_2100315_US History_for_Credit_Recovery_S1andS2_2025Unit Test

Nonviolent Protest Answers

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On a national level, the American public was

A
ambivalent about
B
supportive of
C
outraged by
D
unaware of
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The Universities of Alabama and Mississippi were able to integrate because

A
their governors decided to accept it.
B
civil rights activists led nonviolent protests.
C
the federal government became involved.
D
the state government became involved.
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Which best explains why many African Americans had not registered to vote by the 1960s?

A
They lacked transportation to voting registration sites.
B
They failed to complete their voter registration forms in time.
C
They were intimidated by violent threats and actions.
D
They were not interested in a government that segregated them.
4

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

A
four young girls were killed.
B
members of the Ku Klux Klan were arrested.
C
the police used fire hoses on protesters.
D
residents reacted peacefully to protests.
5

Which occurred after James Meredith won the right to legally attend the University of Mississippi?

A
The governor and university officials blocked him from enrolling.
B
State police protected him so that he could enroll.
C
Riots that broke out prevented him from enrolling.
D
The governor and university officials helped him enroll.
6

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.
7

The main goal of the Freedom Summer campaign was

A
integrating public schools.
B
integrating lunch counters.
C
registering African Americans to vote.
D
boycotting segregated public buses.
8

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.
9

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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Which was the result of a bomb that exploded at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham?

A
Church members attacked the bombers.
B
Four young girls were killed.
C
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested.
D
Hundreds of child protesters were arrested.

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