Alabama History

Alabama's state flower is:

• Camellia
• Pine Cone
• Cotton Bloss

What flower was chosen as the official Alabama state flower?

• bold magnolia
• red rose
• camellia

What body of water borders the southern part of Alabama?

• Atlantic Ocean
• Mississippi River
• Gulf of Mexico
• Caribbean Sea

The state motto is ..."We Dare Defend Our...___."

• state
• rights
• home
• land

Between what two cities did Martin Luther King, Jr. lead his famous 1965 Civil Rights march?

• Birmingham to Montgomery
• Selma to Birmingham
• Montgomery to Tuscaloosa
• Selma to Montomgery

The state of Alabama was rarely involved in the Civil Rights Movement. 

• True
• False

The goal of the Selma-to-Montgomery March on March 7, 1965 was to

• gather votes for equal rights
• promote healthy lifestyles by walking
• to protest segregation on city buses
• to bring attention to voting rights and protest the shooting death of a black activist.

When Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus,

• everyone on the bus applauded
• the Civil War began
• other women moved to the back of the bus
• the Montgomery Bus Boycott began

Which of the following was the main goal of the Civil Rights Movement?

• allow blacks to sit anywhere on buses
• register blacks to vote
• give women the right to vote
• have everyone treated equally

What is the capital?

• Birmingham
• Montgomery