Organizing to Demand Rights Answers

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It made Montgomery city leaders more aware of segregation.
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It inspired similar boycotts in other cities across the nation.
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It made Rosa Parks famous for her fight for civil rights.
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It helped Martin Luther King Jr. retire from civil rights work.
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Although the many advocacy groups of the 1960s led different types of protests, most

A
used nonviolent resistance effectively.
B
used violent resistance ineffectively.
C
promoted African American self-determination.
D
promoted African American segregation.
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott proved that

c
change could be achieved through peaceful means.
c
change could only happen through violent protest.
v
violence leads to additional violence in protests.
p
peaceful protests are an ineffective method of change.
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The main purpose of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was to

g
gain full equality for African Americans.
o
organize a large march on Washington.
o
organize freedom rides throughout the South.
p
promote student leadership in the civil rights movement.
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A group that oversaw the Montgomery Bus Boycott and produced important civil rights leaders was

A
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
B
the Montgomery Improvement Association.
C
the Congress of Racial Equality.
D
the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
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The Congress of Racial Equality

w
was led by Martin Luther King Jr.
u
used boycotts in the 1960s to achieve integration.
u
used sit-ins in the 1940s to encourage integration.
w
was led by Rev. Ralph Abernathy.
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The philosophies of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. are best described as

s
somewhat different.
v
very similar.
d
drastically different.
i
identical.
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An African American organization founded in Detroit in 1930 was

A
the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
B
the Congress of Racial Equality.
C
the Christian Leadership Conference.
D
the Nation of Islam.

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