Selma Movie Test

Selma Movie Test

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8th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In what state was Selma?

Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
Texas

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who was president during the Selma march?

Johnson
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Carter

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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

lunch counters
popular sovereignty
desegregation
voting

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The marchers planned to go from Selma to ________.

Jackson, Mississippi
Atlanta, Georgia
Montgomery, Alabama
Raleigh, North Carolina

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What happened to the first march?

The sheriff allowed the marchers to cross the bridge and leave Selma.
The march was canceled because of a storm.
The sheriff and his posse beat the marchers and stopped them from leaving Selma
The sheriff tried to stop the marchers but didn’t arrive in time to do so.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why was Montgomery chosen as the destination for the march?

It's the state capital

It's where the bus boycott ended

It's the birthplace of Martin Luther King

It's the only place where African Americans couldn't vote

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