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Selma Movie Quiz

Authored by Shannon Slate

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8th - 12th Grade

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Selma Movie Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What award is Martin Luther King, Jr. given at the beginning of the film?

TIME Man of the Year

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Kennedy Center Honors

Nobel Peace Prize

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What does Annie Lee Cooper (Oprah Winfrey) attempt to do early on in the film?

Sit in the white section of the bus

Eat at a segregated lunch counter

Register to vote

Enroll her daughter in classes at the white school

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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In which state is the city of Selma located?

Mississippi

Georgia

Alabama

Texas

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Who was President of the United States during the Selma march?

Lyndon B. Johnson

John F. Kennedy

Dwight Eisenhower

Martin Luther King, Jr.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What topic were those who marched in Selma trying to bring attention to?

job discrimination

popular sovereignty

desegregation

voting

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The planned march was to start in Selma and end in what other city?

Jackson, Mississippi

Atlanta, Georgia

Montgomery, Alabama

Raleigh, North Carolina

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What happened to Jimmie Lee Jackson during the night march?

Arrested and jailed for over a week

Disappears, never to be seen again

Beaten by KKK

Killed by police

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