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Which of the following events was a significant catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement?
Which of the following events was a significant catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement?
- The Greensboro sit-in
- The Little Rock crisis
- The Freedom Rides
- The Montgomery Bus Boycott (correct)
What was the goal of the Greensboro sit-in?
What was the goal of the Greensboro sit-in?
- To demand the integration of interstate transportation
- To demand the repeal of the Jim Crow laws
- To challenge the segregation of public accommodations (correct)
- To protest the segregation of public schools
What was the significance of the Little Rock crisis?
What was the significance of the Little Rock crisis?
- It prompted the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- It highlighted the resistance to desegregation in the South (correct)
- It resulted in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
- It led to the establishment of the NAACP
What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides?
What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides?
Which of the following events was a pivotal moment in the Selma to Montgomery march?
Which of the following events was a pivotal moment in the Selma to Montgomery march?
What was the primary goal of the Birmingham Campaign?
What was the primary goal of the Birmingham Campaign?
Which of the following events led to international sympathy for the Civil Rights Movement?
Which of the following events led to international sympathy for the Civil Rights Movement?
What was the significance of the Interstate Commerce Commission's (ICC) decision during the Kennedy administration?
What was the significance of the Interstate Commerce Commission's (ICC) decision during the Kennedy administration?
Which of the following events sparked widespread outrage and motivated further civil rights activism?
Which of the following events sparked widespread outrage and motivated further civil rights activism?
What was a significant outcome of the Selma to Montgomery march?
What was a significant outcome of the Selma to Montgomery march?
What was one of the main objectives of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
What was one of the main objectives of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ensure for African-Americans?
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ensure for African-Americans?
What happened as a result of the Civil Rights Acts by the 1970s?
What happened as a result of the Civil Rights Acts by the 1970s?
In what year was an African-American elected President of the USA as a significant milestone in civil and constitutional rights?
In what year was an African-American elected President of the USA as a significant milestone in civil and constitutional rights?
Although full equality has not yet been realized, who has benefited from the efforts towards civil rights as mentioned in the text?
Although full equality has not yet been realized, who has benefited from the efforts towards civil rights as mentioned in the text?
The decade 1955 to 1965 marked the low point of the Civil Rights Movement.
The decade 1955 to 1965 marked the low point of the Civil Rights Movement.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott is what initiated the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott is what initiated the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
Blacks had timidly demanded their full rights as American citizens during the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965.
Blacks had timidly demanded their full rights as American citizens during the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965.
The crisis in Little Rock showed that integration was easily accepted by all Southerners.
The crisis in Little Rock showed that integration was easily accepted by all Southerners.
African-Americans realized that making themselves heard on the street and in the courtroom would not guarantee their rights as American citizens as per the Constitution.
African-Americans realized that making themselves heard on the street and in the courtroom would not guarantee their rights as American citizens as per the Constitution.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination in public services and on the job.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination in public services and on the job.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 granted all African-Americans the right to run for public office.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 granted all African-Americans the right to run for public office.
By the 1970s, only a few African-Americans had been elected to public and private office throughout the Southern States.
By the 1970s, only a few African-Americans had been elected to public and private office throughout the Southern States.
The election of an African-American President in 2008 indicated that full equality had been achieved for all Americans.
The election of an African-American President in 2008 indicated that full equality had been achieved for all Americans.
Despite existing equality laws, the USA has achieved full equality for all Americans in practice.
Despite existing equality laws, the USA has achieved full equality for all Americans in practice.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott launched the ______
The Montgomery Bus Boycott launched the ______
Student activity increased with the Freedom Rides and Freedom ______
Student activity increased with the Freedom Rides and Freedom ______
By 1965, the Selma to Montgomery march clearly showed both how far American blacks had come and how far they still had to ______
By 1965, the Selma to Montgomery march clearly showed both how far American blacks had come and how far they still had to ______
Blacks were not at the end of the road, but they were further along than they had ever ______
Blacks were not at the end of the road, but they were further along than they had ever ______
Television broadcasts and magazines kept the Civil Rights Movement’s message alive for millions of ______
Television broadcasts and magazines kept the Civil Rights Movement’s message alive for millions of ______
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination in ______ services and on the job.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination in ______ services and on the job.
The federal government guaranteed all African-Americans the right to ______ in the follow-up Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The federal government guaranteed all African-Americans the right to ______ in the follow-up Voting Rights Act of 1965.
By the 1970s, substantial numbers of African-Americans had been elected to public and private office throughout the Southern ______.
By the 1970s, substantial numbers of African-Americans had been elected to public and private office throughout the Southern ______.
The fact that an African-American was elected President of the USA in 2008 is an indication of how far the nation has travelled in promoting and protecting equal civil and constitutional rights for all: AfricanAmericans, other minorities and ______ alike.
The fact that an African-American was elected President of the USA in 2008 is an indication of how far the nation has travelled in promoting and protecting equal civil and constitutional rights for all: AfricanAmericans, other minorities and ______ alike.
Television broadcasts and magazines kept the Civil Rights Movement’s message alive for millions of ______.
Television broadcasts and magazines kept the Civil Rights Movement’s message alive for millions of ______.
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