1963: The Year That Changed Everything

The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery but did not provide racial equality.

• T

• F

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Arrested for public protest and crafted the Letter from Birmingham Jail

• Dr. King

• Malcolm X

• The Black Panthers

• The White Councilmen

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True or False: The Thirteenth Amendment was the first step towards civil rights in the United States.

• True

• False

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Social Progress is possible only if you have a powerful leader.

• True

• False

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Social Progress is possible only if it comes from the people.

• True

• False

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Which word means the same as separate?

• Protest

• Segregate

• Activist

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Which word means the same as complain or not agree with?

• Protest

• Segregation

• Activist

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Which word means the same as playing a role in?

• protest

• segregation

• activist

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The March on Washington, a massive civil rights demonstration, took place in 1963.

• True

• False

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10. 10.What does outcry most likely mean in the paragraph.

News of the Children’s Crusade spread in the media, helping to transform the way

Americans saw the civil rights movement. The New York Times ran more stories about civil

rights in the two weeks after the Children’s Crusade than it had in the previous two years

combined. Scenes of children under attack were filmed and broadcast all over the world, setting

off a global outcry. Polls showed that Americans across the land believed racial justice was the

nation’s biggest problem.

• protest

• sadness

• noise

• indifference

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