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• Position: QUIZ - Selma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965

Choose the best answer for each of the following questions.

1. In March 1965, voting rights activists set out to march from Selma, Alabama, to

   a Montgomery, Alabama.

   b Washington, D.C.

   c Little Rock, Arkansas.

   d Greensboro, North Carolina.

2. The first march, on March 7, 1965, ended when

   a President Lyndon B. Johnson sent federal marshals to block the marchers' route.

   b Alabama troopers attacked marchers with clubs.

   c Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech at the Alabama statehouse pleading with marchers to retreat.

   d none of the above

3. What kept many black Southerners from voting in 1965?

   a poll taxes

   b literacy tests

   c the risk of being fired or physically harmed

   d all of the above

4. African-Americans officially got the right to vote in 1870 with ratification of the

   a 12th Amendment.

   b 13th Amendment.

   c 14th Amendment

   d 15th Amendment.

5. Which statement is true of Alabama Governor George Wallace?

   a He worked with King to plan the voting rights marches.

   b He ordered that Bloody Sunday footage be shown on TV.

   c He opposed the voting rights marches and was an enemy of integration.

   d He did not support the voting rights marches but agreed to guarantee the marchers' safety.

6. The Selma marches led to passage of

   a an amendment giving blacks the right to vote.

   b the Voting Rights Act.

   c the Civil Rights Act.

   d the 1965 Selma Equality Initiative.

   IN-DEPTH QUESTIONS

7. Compare and contrast the pressures facing Martin Luther King Jr. in March of 1965 with those facing President Lyndon B. Johnson. --

8. Why do you think voting rights activists chose to march as a way of getting their...