Which event occurred following the Selma and Montgomery marches for voting rights?Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama.The Voting Rights Act was passed.Three civil rights workers were murdered outside of Philadelphia, Mississippi.President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.

Why were the Selma to Montgomery marches significant to the civil rights movement?A.They led directly to federal intervention on behalf of African Americans.B.They demonstrated the conflict between violent and nonviolent camps of the movement.C.They attracted national sympathy for a nonviolent movement that was being attacked with violence.D.They showed that segregation was by nature discriminatory.

The civil rights movement’s success was the result of both formal actions by various branches of the federal government (political and legal action) and the actions of various groups in society putting pressure on government officials to strengthen civil rights protections for African Americans (social movement action).Identify the political and legal actions and social movement actions below.Political and Legal ActionMartin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”Civil Rights Act of 1964Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycotts (1955)Voting Rights Act of 1965Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee formed to organize protests, sit-ins, freedom ridesBrown v. Board of Education (1954)President Eisenhower sending 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce the integration of Central High SchoolSocial Movement Action

Which of these events led up to the passage of the Civil Rights Act and came after the legislation passed?Contributed to the Civil Rights ActPolice brutality, high infant mortality rates, and lack of economic opportunity sparked a wave of urban uprisings that brought the National Guard into several U.S. cities.Police beat civil rights activists as they march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. The violence was captured by cameras and broadcast on the national news.Three hundred thousand people march on Washington, DC, to mark the centenary of the Emancipation Proclamation.The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) brings visibility to segregation by holding sit-ins at lunch counters.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was involved in many civil rights activities and organizations during the 1950s and early 1960s. One of the earliest was during the Montgomery bus boycott where he encouraged protesters to do what? A. march in the streets to block the bus routes B. surround the buses so white riders couldn’t board C. only take the bus at night D. extend the boycott

5)Which event during the Birmingham campaign shocked the nation and drew widespread attention to the cause?*The March on WashingtonThe Attack on ChildrenThe Montgomery Bus BoycottThe Selma to Montgomery marches