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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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What thoughts did President Kennedy most likely have in reaction to the violence in Birmingham?

A
New laws would have to give more freedom to whites.
B
New laws were needed to protect the rights of African Americans.
C
Old laws would have to remain in place “as is.”
D
African Americans would have to pass laws on their own behalf.
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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.
4

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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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.
6

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

A
Many people paid little attention to them.
B
Many people supported them.
C
Many people responded violently.
D
Many people complained to the police about them.
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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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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.

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