What was one of the barriers to blacks registering to vote?

Having to pass difficult tests only black had to do

What was the purpose of anti-discrimination laws in inter-state travel?

to integrate travel crossing state lines

What was the difference between the soldiers on the first time and the second time?

The 1st time's soldiers were state, the 2nd were federal

What is significant that Till was visiting Mississippi (south US) from Chicago (north US)?

Till didn't know the rules for blacks in Jim Crow South.

What victory followed the Bloody Sunday?

The Federal Government passed laws to protect voting rights

Why didn't poor African Americans in the 1950s elect leaders to help them improve their lives?

Black people were kept from voting

What was the final goal of the black voter registration protests?

To get blacks voting to elect leaders to improve their lives

Why did student activists target lunch counters?

The lunch counters didn't serve black people

What happened after 381 days of the Montgomery bus boycott?

The courts ordered the city to stop bus bus segregation.

How did the second attempt at integration go in Little Rock.

Black students entered with the protection of the US Army.

Why did Emmett Till's mother insist on an open casket funeral?

So the world could see what had been done to her son.

What is ironic about the education level of some whites working at the voting office?

Many white voting office workers could barely read

How was Rosa Parks arrest different that that of some other racist arrests of black people?

Parks was a respected leader in the black community

What is similar between the lunch counter sit ins and Rosa Parks sitting down?

They both disobeyed racist laws

What happened to the Freedom riders as they entered the deep south?

They were beaten, set on fire, and arrested.

How was the Birmingham church bombing a wakeup call for some northern whites?

They saw the violence and brutality faced by southern blacks

How did the first attempt at integration go in Little Rock.

Black students fled faced with a violent mob and soldiers.

The Selma March was a strategy against which specific injustice?

African Americans couldn't vote

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1
What was one of the barriers to blacks registering to vote?
Fire breathing dragons
The voting polls were too far away
Having to pass difficult tests only black had to do
The registration office was being boycotted
2
What was the purpose of anti-discrimination laws in inter-state travel?
to segregate travel crossing state lines
to integrate travel crossing state lines
To protest racists travel laws
to boycott segregated busses
3
What was the difference between the soldiers on the first time and the second time?
The first time's soldiers were white, the second were black
The 1st time's soldiers were state, the 2nd were federal
The first time's soldiers were racist, the second not racist
The first time's soldiers didn't have guns, the second did
4
What is significant that Till was visiting Mississippi (south US) from Chicago (north US)?
Till didn't know the rules for blacks in Jim Crow South.
Whistling was illegal in Mississippi but legal in Chicago
It's warmer in the South
Chicago women like being whistled at
5
What victory followed the Bloody Sunday?
Busses were integrated
People had the right to boycott
Lunch counters were integrated
The Federal Government passed laws to protect voting rights
6
Why didn't poor African Americans in the 1950s elect leaders to help them improve their lives?
Martin Luther King told them not to vote
No good leaders were running for election
Black people were kept from voting
The voting booths were too far from the farms
7
What is the purpose of a boycott?
To make a point
To bring attention
To hurt a business financially
To bring others to action
8
What was the final goal of the black voter registration protests?
To elect Donald Trump
To slow down the voting
To get blacks voting to elect leaders to improve their lives
To integrate lunch counters
9
Why did student activists target lunch counters?
The businesses wrote a nasty letter to Martin Luther King
The businesses were owned by the KKK
The lunch counters boycotted
The lunch counters didn't serve black people
10
What happened after 381 days of the Montgomery bus boycott?
The courts ordered the city to stop bus bus segregation.
The federal government forced blacks back onto the busses
The got rid of all the busses
Black people got their own buses
11
How did the second attempt at integration go in Little Rock.
The school was burned down
Black students fled faced with a violent mob and soldiers.
Black students entered with the protection of the US Army.
White students started a riot
12
What did Emmitt Till do that triggered his attack and murder?
He bombed a white chruch
He sole from a white person
He whistled at a white woman
He killed a white girl
13
Why did Emmett Till's mother insist on an open casket funeral?
It was her religious practice
So the world could see what had been done to her son.
So the body could get fresh air.
The funeral home made the decision
14
What is ironic about the education level of some whites working at the voting office?
Many white voting office workers didn't vote
Many white voting office workers had black friends
Many white voting office workers were racist
Many white voting office workers could barely read
15
What is the best word for separating blacks and whites on the bus?
mistreatment
civil rights
boycott
segregation
16
How was Rosa Parks arrest different that that of some other racist arrests of black people?
Parks was a respected leader in the black community
Parks resisted arrest
Parks was arrested by a black police officer
Parks was not guilty
17
What is best word to for the 9 black students attending the all white school in Little Rock?
Jim Crow
Segregation
Integration
Racism
18
What is similar between the lunch counter sit ins and Rosa Parks sitting down?
They were all students.
They were both Black Panthers
They both disobeyed racist laws
They were both beaten up
19
What happened to the Freedom riders as they entered the deep south?
They were killed
The marched in protest of racist laws
They were beaten, set on fire, and arrested.
They boycotted the busses
20
How was the Birmingham church bombing a wakeup call for some northern whites?
They saw the violence and brutality faced by southern blacks
They decided to conduct sit ins
They didn't have alarm clocks
They didn't know racism existed in the south
21
How did the first attempt at integration go in Little Rock.
Black students were killed
Black students fled faced with a violent mob and soldiers.
White students were beaten
Black students entered the school but people were angry
22
The Selma March was a strategy against which specific injustice?
African Americans couldn't order lunch
African Americans couldn't vote
African Americans couldn't go to school
Segregate busses

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