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This group was founded by MLK Jr. to bring all black churches together in peaceful resistance and push for equal rights

• SNCC
• SCLC
• SCUY
• SCBC

This group was founded by students and young people to promote non-violent methods to end inequality (sit-ins, freedom rides)

• SNCC
• SCLC
• SCUY

Restaurant sit-ins and freedom rides throughout the south are examples of actions made by...

• SCLC
• Maynard Jackson's group of friends
• SNCC
• SCUY

Why was the tactic of nonviolence so successful in achieving change?

• segregationists saw that there was nothing to fear from African Americans 
• the violent response of segregationists provoked moral outrage in onlookers
• State governments stepped in to enforce the law and protect African American protesters. 
• the moral stance of the protesters influenced Supreme Court justices in several key decisions

The main goal of the freedom riders was to 

• pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses
• inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow
• encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda
• desegregate urban bus systems in the south

Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

• Sit-In
• Freedom Rides
• Selma March
• Filibuster

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CCSS.RL.8.9

This law banned discrimination of any American because of race, gender,  or religion. 

• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Civil Rights Act 0f 1964
• 15th  Amendment
• Civil Rights Movement

The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage    

• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Voting Rights Act of 1965

How did newspapers and media play a role in the Civil Rights Movement?

• They showed how great Jim Crow laws were
• They showed how unfair Jim Crow laws were and helped convince people to join the Civil Rights Movement
•  They made a lot of money following Martin Luther King Jr. 
• All of the above

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• banned discrimination in employment and public housing.
• abolished the poll tax and literacy tests.
• gave African Americans the right to vote.
• abolished slavery.