Selma

Which civil rights leader was in charge of the Selma to Montgomery march?

• Stokely Carmichael

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Nelson Mandela

What were the activists of Selma campaigning for?

• Voting rights

• Immigration rights

• An end to segregation in public education

• The desegregation of public transportation

Why did the protesters choose Selma as the site for their protest?

• It was an example of what they thought cities should aspire to be

• They expected very little resistance

• The police chief was known to be aggressively opposed to civil rights

• It was randomly selected by the SCLC

What kept black southerns from voting in 1965?

• Poll taxes

• Literacy tests

• The risk of being fired or physically harmed

• All of the above

The first march on March 7th 1965 ended when

• President Johnson sent federal marshalls to block the marcher's route

• Alabama troopers attacked marchers with clubs, horses, tear gas and etc.

• Martin Luther jr King gave a speech at the Alabama state house pleading with marchers to retreat.

• None of the above

In March 1965 voting rights activists set out to march from Selma, Alabama to

• Montgomery Alabama

• Washington D.C

• Little Rock Arkansas

• Atlanta, Georgia

Who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964?

• Corretta Scott King

• Martin Luther King jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Jessie Jackson

What is Oprah Winfrey's Character trying to do?

• Sit on the front of the bus

• Petition for equal pay

• Register to vote

• All of the above

What President signed the voting rights bill into law?

• President Nixon

• President Johnson

• President Kennedy

• President Obama

Where did the bus boycott take place?

• Atlanta Georgia

• Houston Texas

• Montgomery Alabama

• Selma Alabama