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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What incident caused Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to organize the Selma to Montgomery march?
The fatal shooting of Jimmie Lee Jackson by an Alabama state trooper.
The death of minister James Reeb.
Voters having to take literacy tests.
The racist actions of Governor George Wallace.
The main reason why the march from Selma to Washington took place was...
to draw international attention to the newly-passed voting rights laws.
to force the president of the United States to support the Civil Rights movement.
to respond to violent incidents that had occurred during previous peaceful marches.
to increase awareness about how difficult it was for black people to register to vote.
When did the Selma to Montgomery march take place?
February of 1964
March of 1965
January of 1962
September of 1971
Which option BEST describes the effect that the Montgomery Bus Boycott had on the civil rights movement in America?
The boycott resulted in the immediate end to segregation laws.
The boycott led Martin Luther King Jr. to become a prominent leader of the civil rights movement.
It changed the way people protested by allowing protestors to sue a city for unfair practices.
It resulted in an increase in violent acts by protestors who participated in the civil rights movement.
When did the Montgomery Bus Boycott take place?
November of 1952 - December of 1953
August 13, 1955 - September 21, 1955
December of 1955 - December of 1956
October of 1964 - October of 1965
The Montgomery Bus Boycott is best known for which of the following people...
Fannie Lou Hamer
Rosa Parks
Cesar Chavez
John Lewis
Martin Luther King Jr. agreed to help what kind of workers in Memphis?
sanitation workers
restaurant workers
teachers
bank employees
After Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, the mayor of Memphis decided to recognize the union and pay black workers a better wage.
True
False
Freedom Day was organized to protest school segregation in Chicago.
True
False
The man in charge of Chicago Public Schools during the time of the protest was...
Bob Lucas
Benjamin Willis
Severus Snape
Mordecai Brown
