Question 1
Which statement about the March on Washington of 1963 is true?
A) It began a period of uninterrupted unity within the civil rights movement.
B) It had little impact on the civil rights movement.
C) A biracial crowd of approximately 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial.
D) Martin Luther King's famous speech was not televised.
Question 2
In 1963, many Americans were sickened by __________.
A) the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
B) the behavior of whites as black students attempted to enter a school in Little Rock, Arkansas
C) accounts of massacres of civilians in the remote regions of South Vietnam
D) violence committed by authorities against civil rights activists in Birmingham, Alabama
Question 3
Methods used by blacks in winning the Montgomery bus strike included __________.
A) riots in certain sections of Montgomery
B) the use of car pools despite police harassment
C) hunger strikes
D) asking federal troops to take control of the city
Question 4
The Freedom Riders __________.
A) brought their message of equality to urban ghettos of the North
B) received little attention from the Kennedy administration
C) challenged the segregation of interstate bus terminals
D) rejected biracial organization in protests against segregation
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