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Selma to Montgomery March

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  • Q1
    What did Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference make Selma, Alabama, the focus of?
    its efforts to show support for Alabama Governor George Wallace
    its efforts to negotiate an Arab-Israeli truce in Palestine
    its efforts to get President Lyndon Johnson's support
    its efforts to register black voters in the South
    120s
  • Q2
    Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Council responded to fierce resistance to the registration of black voters by organizing a march from Selma to Montgomery. What does the text describe is an effect of this march?
    The march helped raise awareness of the need to negotiate an Arab-Israeli truce in Palestine.
    The march helped increase support for President Lyndon Johnson and the passage of new legislation he was introducing in Congress.
    The march helped raise awareness of the difficulty that black voters faced in the South and the need for a Voting Rights Act.
    The march helped increase support for Alabama Governor George Wallace and desegregation.
    120s
  • Q3
    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade discrimination in voting on the basis of race. However, efforts led by civil rights organizations to register black voters were met with fierce resistance in southern states. In Alabama's Dallas County, the local county sherriff had led a steadfast opposition to black voter registration drives. As a result, only 2 percent of Selma’s eligible black voters had managed to register. What can be concluded about the South's reaction to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 based on this information from the text?
    The South was very resistant to the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
    The South was skeptical about the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
    The South was very supportive of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
    The South was uninterested in the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
    120s
  • Q4
    Based on the text, why was public awareness of the Selma march important?
    It motivated more people in the South to support segregation.
    It helped the public realize that the civil rights movement was no longer necessary.
    It helped the public realize there was a need for the Voting Rights Act.
    It helped politicians realize that issues related to race could be used as a political tool.
    120s
  • Q5
    What is the main idea of this passage?
    Alabama Governor George Wallace was a notorious opponent of desegregation, and the local county sheriff in Dallas County had led a steadfast opposition to black voter registration drives.
    The march from Selma to Montgomery helped raise awareness of the difficulty faced by black voters in the South and the need for a Voting Rights Act.
    President Lyndon Johnson went on national television to pledge his support for Selma-to-Montgomery marchers and lobby for passage of new voting rights legislation.
    Even after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade discrimination in voting on the basis of race, efforts to register black voters were met with fierce resistance in southern states.
    120s
  • Q6
    Read these sentences from the text: "Along with the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act was one of the most expansive pieces of civil rights legislation in American history. Its effects greatly reduced the disparity between black and white voters in the U.S. and allowed a greater number of African Americans to enter political life at the local, state and national level." Based on this evidence, what is the meaning of the word "expansive" in this excerpt?
    focused or targeted
    limited or narrow
    forgotten or neglected
    far-reaching or comprehensive
    120s
  • Q7
    Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. __________ the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade discrimination in voting on the basis of race, efforts to register black voters were still met with fierce resistance.
    Therefore
    However
    Although
    Instead
    120s

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