Selma

The major topic of the Selma march was which of the following?

• lunch counters
• popular sovereignty
• desegregation
• voting

The choice of marching to Montgomery was for which of the following reasons?

• state capital
• success of bus boycott
• birthplace of Martin Luther King
• only place where African Americans couldn't vote

Who was the student leader of the first Selma to Montgomery march?

• King
• Parks
• Lewis
• X

What eventual law was proposed mostly as a result of the Selma movement?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Voting Rights Act of 1965

Who was president during the Selma march?

• Johnson
• Kennedy
• Eisenhower
• Carter

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CCSS.RL.8.9

The Selma march was meant to clarify what amendment?

• 13th
• 15th
• 19th
• 1st

How many people were killed in the venets related to the Selma marches?

• 1
• 2
• 10
• dozens

In what state was Selma?

• Mississippi
• Georgia
• Alabama
• Texas

Who was the white governor of Alabama who opposed both desegregation and voting rights?

• Bull Connor
• Emmett Til
• Thurgood Marshall
• George Wallace