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Question 1

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

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Four young girls were killed.

Question 2

What role did the media play during the Birmingham protests?

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The media informed the rest of the country.

Question 3

Which best describes the response of authorities in Birmingham, Alabama, to civil rights protests in the 1960s?

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They sometimes used violence to resist the protests.

Question 4

Which word best describes the response of the public to the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on September 15, 1963?

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outrage

Question 5

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

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the police used fire hoses on protesters.

Question 6

Which occurred when James Meredith applied to the University of Mississippi?

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He was blocked from enrolling.

Question 7

Eugene “Bull” Connor, the commissioner of public safety in Birmingham in the 1960s,

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led a violent crackdown on civil rights protests.

Question 8

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

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The governor and university officials blocked him from enrolling.

Question 9

What did Martin Luther King Jr. do as a call for action in Birmingham in 1963?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

He wrote a letter describing the violence African Americans faced.

Question 10

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Many people paid little attention to them.

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