Protesting to Demand Rights

Question 1

The photo shows civil rights activists at a lunch counter in the 1960s.

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sit-in

Question 2

How did the national attention from Freedom Summer and the Selma marches influence the voter registration campaign?

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It gathered support after the public saw the violence against protestors.

Question 3

The Ku Klux Klan murdered Medgar Evers in 1963 because he

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led the effort to get more African Americans to register to vote.

Question 4

During the Selma marches, Alabama state troopers used tear gas to try and stop protesters from

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walking to Montgomery for voting rights.

Question 5

Why did Alabama Governor George Wallace block a doorway of the registrar's office at the University of Alabama?

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He supported the complete segregation of public schools.

Question 6

What role did James Meredith play in integrating the University of Mississippi?

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He asked the NAACP for support after the university refused to admit him.

Question 7

Three civil rights leaders were murdered during a voter registration campaign in Mississippi known as the

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Freedom Summer.

Question 8

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support

Question 9

The federal government responded to Governor Wallace’s decision to block the registrar's doorway at the University of Alabama by sending

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troops to ensure African Americans could enroll.

Question 10

Some 200,000 Americans took part in the March on Washington in 1963 to

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protest discrimination.

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