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.
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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.
Solution
Las marchas de Selma a Montgomery fueron significativas para el movimiento de derechos civiles por varias razones. Vamos a analizar cada opción:
A. Llevaron directamente a la intervención federal en favor de los afroamericanos.
- Las marchas efectivamente llevaron a una mayor intervención federal. La violencia y la brutalidad policial que los manifestantes enfrentaron en Selma, especialmente en el "Domingo Sangriento", llevaron al presidente Lyndon B. Johnson a intervenir y a presentar la Ley de Derecho al Voto de 1965 al Congreso.
B. Demostraron el conflicto entre los campos violentos y no violentos del movimiento.
- Aunque había tensiones dentro del movimiento de derechos civiles entre enfoques violentos y no violentos, las marchas de Selma a Montgomery no se centraron en este conflicto. Más bien, fueron un ejemplo de la estrategia no violenta liderada por Martin Luther King Jr. y otros.
C. Atraían la simpatía nacional por un movimiento no violento que estaba siendo atacado con violencia.
- Esta es una razón clave. Las imágenes de manifestantes pacíficos siendo brutalmente atacados por la policía y otros opositores en Selma fueron transmitidas por televisión y publicadas en periódicos, lo que generó una ola de simpatía y apoyo a nivel nacional e internacional para el movimiento de derechos civiles.
D. Mostraron que la segregación era por naturaleza discriminatoria.
- Aunque las marchas ayudaron a resaltar la naturaleza discriminatoria de la segregación, este no fue el punto central de su significancia. La lucha específica en Selma se centró en el derecho al voto y la eliminación de las barreras que impedían a los afroamericanos registrarse para votar.
Por lo tanto, la opción más precisa es:
C. Atraían la simpatía nacional por un movimiento no violento que estaba siendo atacado con violencia.
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