Lesson 2: The Triumphs of a Crusade

Who were the CORE

• Council of racial existence

• Co operation of race equality

• Congress of Racial Equality

• Council of Racial Experts

Which American president helped to protect the Freedom Riders?

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Bush

• JFK

• Barack Obama

_______________ wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC. 

• Harry Belafonte
• Barack Obama
• Martin Luther King, Jr. 
• Jesse Jackson

 Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?

• Freedom Rides
• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• March on Washington
• March from  Selma to Montgomery

One accomplishment of the __________ was bringing about a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities.

• Little Rock Nine

• Freedom Riders

• Black Panthers

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

The establishment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• made it easier for African Americans to vote

• made it easier for poor white men to vote

• made it impossible for African Americans to vote

• stated that all male US citizens over the age of thirty could vote

What were the activists of Selma campaigning for?

• Voting rights

• Immigration rights

• An end to segregation in public education

• The desegregation of public transportation

In what state was Selma?

• Mississippi
• Georgia
• Alabama
• Texas

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Starting in the spring of 1961, civil rights activists know as __________ rode buses into segregated terminals throughout the south. Police refused to protect them from attacks by the KKK and angry mobs.

• Freedom Riders

• Freedom Fighters

• Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee

• Black Panthers

What piece of Congressional legislation (law) was passed as a result of the 1963 March on Washington?

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• G.I. Bill