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WorksheetsThe Birmingham Campaign
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who is this?
Martin Luther King
Bull Connor
Malcolm X
Ralph Abernathy
What year did the Birmingham campaign occur?
1960
1963
1968
1970
Bull Connor was elected the Commissioner of Public Safety
True
False
Bull Connor's role in Birmingham had him overseeing the fire and police departments
True
False
Bull Connor was elected the Mayor of Birmingham
False
True
What action had Connor taken in 1961 that showed his perspective on blacks getting equal rights?
Ordered police to stay away from an area where white supremacist's planned an attack on Freedom Riders
Had hundreds of black protestors arrested at a protest to desegregate a school in Birmingham
Wrote a famous public article that argued against desegregation
How many students did Connor have arrested on the day that King arranged hundreds of students to join the protests
200
700
1200
3000
What did Bull Connor order used on protestors that drew a lot of attention from the country?
High pressure water hoses and police dogs
Non-lethal firearms
Tear gas
The army
Who said "I am saying now to these meddlers from out of our city the best thing for them to do is stay out if they don't want to get slapped in jail"
King
Connor
Rosa Parks
Governor George Wallace
Connor was born in 1897 in which US state?
Georgia
South Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
What reputation did Bull Connor have?
Being fair
Being cruel
Being a segregationist
Being christian
Compared to other cities in the US at the time, was Birmingham very segregated or quite desegregated?
Very segregated
Quite desegregated
Which of the following did protestors involved in the Birmingham Campaign NOT do regularly?
Sit-in's
Boycotts of stores/services
Marches chanting and holding signs
Vandalizing stores/services that were segregated
Why were images of how the protestors were being treated so powerful in stirring up international outrage/attention
Because people were being killed
Because many of the protestors were young students
Because the world was already very interested in the Black Rights Movement
True or false - King was prepared to use violence in the protests to get what was right
True
False
What occurred on May 8th?
The campaign began
King was arrested
King came to an agreement with the City of Birmingham to desegregate
Why might Birmingham businesses been keen for the protests to end even if it meant desegregation?
Because of the boycotts they were losing lots of money
Because less and less tourists would want to come to the city
Because most businesses in Birmingham were not segregated
Because their property was being damaged by protestors
In what event was King involved as a leader for the first time?
The March on Washington
The Birmingham Campaign
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Freedom Rides
Who from the past was King inspired by?
Gandhi
Budda
Augustus
Lincoln
Where was King born in the US?
Alabama
Georgia
Arkansas
Mississippi
