Organizing to Demand Rights

Question 1

The Congress of Racial Equality

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used sit-ins in the 1940s to encourage integration.

Question 2

A group that oversaw the Montgomery Bus Boycott and produced important civil rights leaders was

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the Montgomery Improvement Association.

Question 3

The main purpose of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was to

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gain full equality for African Americans.

Question 4

A leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott who also became the spokesperson for nonviolent protest by African Americans was

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 5

Which best describes one of the actions of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?

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organizing the March on Washington

Question 6

A direct result of Rosa Park’s refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955 was

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the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Question 7

The actions of four African American college students at a lunch counter in 1960 started a

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sit-in movement.

Question 8

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was based on the principle of

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nonviolent resistance.

Question 9

The philosophies of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. are best described as

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drastically different.

Question 10

An African American organization founded in Detroit in 1930 was

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the Nation of Islam.

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