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Read this passage from the Voting Rights Act.No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting . . . shall be imposed or applied by any State . . . to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.–Voting Rights Act,1965

A
made it illegal to create voting laws that discriminated.
B
gave states the power to impose their own voting rules.
C
established a set of qualifications required for voters.
D
made it legal to impose a poll tax on all potential voters.
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During the Selma marches, Alabama state troopers used tear gas to try and stop protesters from

A
enrolling at the University of Alabama.
B
organizing a statewide restaurant sit-in.
C
walking to Montgomery for voting rights.
D
voting in the next presidential election.
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How did the Birmingham police chief react to the Birmingham campaign?

A
He ordered an attack on protestors and arrested civil rights leaders.
B
He asked civil rights leaders to sit down and negotiate.
C
He appealed to the president to send in National Guard troops.
D
He arrested white supremacists and protected protestors.
4

The Ku Klux Klan murdered Medgar Evers in 1963 because he

A
enrolled in full-time classes at the University of Mississippi.
B
argued before the Supreme Court to integrate public schools.
C
wrote a letter from a Birmingham jail calling for a peaceful protest.
D
led the effort to get more African Americans to register to vote.
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The photo shows civil rights activists at a lunch counter in the 1960s.

Question illustration
A
riot
B
sit-in
C
march
D
speech
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Read this excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail.”For years now I have heard the word "Wait!" It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This "Wait" has almost always meant "Never." . . . We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God-given rights.–Martin Luther King Jr.,1963

A
pause to reconsider its strategy of peaceful protests.
B
press forward with peaceful protests and marches.
C
wait and see if Congress will pass civil rights laws.
D
end because too many protestors were getting hurt.
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Some 200,000 Americans took part in the March on Washington in 1963 to

A
fight for segregation of schools.
B
argue against the Civil Rights Act.
C
protest discrimination.
D
conduct a voter registration drive.
8

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

A
troops to ensure African Americans could enroll.
B
civil rights leaders to give speeches on campus.
C
financial aid to ensure the law was followed.
D
troops to limit the effects of rioting students.
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One way civil rights activists registered more African American voters involved

A
relocating them to other states.
B
sponsoring voter registration drives.
C
intimidating poll workers.
D
paying taxes so they could vote.
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The Selma marches helped lead to which significant event in 1965?

A
the passage of the Civil Rights Act
B
the Brown v. Board of Education decision
C
the approval of the Voting Rights Act
D
the renewal of the 15th Amendment

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