Selma: The Bridge to the ballot

Where does the documentary take place?

• Alabama

• New York

• California

• New Jersey

What happened at 16th Street Baptist Church? (click all that apply)

• The Ku Klux Klan planted a

  bomb in the basement

• There was a protest in that church

• Four girls were killed

• students were organizing a riot

A bridge that crosses the Alabama River, over which U.S. Highway 80 runs, connecting Selma to Montgomery...

• George Washington Bridge

• Broad River Bridge

• Golden Gate Bridge

• Edmund Pettus Bridge

• Brooklyn Bridge

What's the road connecting Selma to Montgomery and the route for the 54-mile Selma-to-Montgomery March?

• U.S 95

• U.S. Highway 80

• U.S Highway 170

• U.S highway 17

Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot, which is about events that took place in 1965, raises issues that remain relevant today: (click all that apply)

• the use of the n-word

• the misuse of police power

• the power of symbols to intimidate

• the effectiveness of popular movements

Which ARE NOT obstacles that kept most black citizens from being able to vote? (click all that apply)

• Misinformation

• State Taxes

• Property Taxes

• no transportation

• Fraud and intimidation

How did student activists oppose segregation and injustice in Selma? What risks did they take? (click 2 )

• They organized marches

• They met in their churches

• They didn't do their homework

• They talked to the governor several times

Why did the marchers turn around the second time they gathered at Edmund Pettus Bridge?

• The police used excessive force to stop the protestors

• The legislators were on TV

• The weather conditions were bad that day

• they did not have enough people

What was the immediate effect of the passage of the Voting Rights Act?

• Black people were allowed to register to vote for the very first time.

• The end of slavery

• The 14th Amendment

• Black people were allowed to have elementary education

Why was President Johnson’s use of the phrase “we shall overcome” meaningful to marchers?

• Because they were changing the constitution

• Because they were reuniting migrants

• Because they were going to overcome the prejudices they were facing