The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Quiz

What was the nickname given to Birmingham, Alabama due to the racial conflicts in the 1950s and 1960s?

• City of Protests

• City of Unity

• Bombingham

• City of Equality

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Who was one of the civil rights leaders trying to help fix the problems in Birmingham?

• Harriet Tubman

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Malcolm X

What event sparked a series of non-violent protests carried out by black communities for over a decade?

• Brown v. Board of Education ruling

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Ku Klux Klan formation

• Supreme Court bombing

How many sticks of dynamite were hidden under the church steps in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing?

• Ten

• Fifteen

• Twenty

• Twenty-five

How many girls were killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing?

• Five

• Two

• Three

• Four

Who was the group responsible for the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing?

• Black Panthers

• Ku Klux Klan

• Black Lives Matter

• NAACP

Who was the new Attorney General in Alabama who started looking into the case again in 1971?

• Robert Chambliss

• Herman Cash

• Thomas Blanton, Jr.

• Lyndon Johnson

When were Bobby Cherry and Thomas Blanton, Jr. convicted for the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing?

• 2002

• 2000

• 1995

• 1990

What was the significance of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in relation to the Civil Rights Act?

• It delayed the passing of the Civil Rights Act

• It had no impact on the Civil Rights Act

• It was part of why President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964

• It led to the formation of the Civil Rights Act

What was the outcome of the FBI's investigation of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1968?

• The investigation was inconclusive

• The case was handed over to local authorities

• The perpetrators were arrested and convicted

• The case was closed without arresting the perpetrators