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MYP History Civil Rights Struggles Questionbank

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What was the primary reason the ANC formed the armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1961?

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To facilitate the first multiracial elections in 1994

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To replace the PAC's influence in the township protests

C

To enforce the restrictions of the Group Areas Act

D

Because peaceful protest had been banned by the government

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Which event in 1957 served as a prominent example of state-level resistance to federal desegregation orders in the United States?

What was the primary purpose of the 1971 Bantu Homelands Consolidation Act in South Africa?

Why was media coverage of nonviolent protests particularly effective during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement?

True or False: The federal government in the U.S. and the state/local governments in the South always worked together to support civil rights.

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The Greensboro sit-ins

B

The integration of Central High School by the Little Rock Nine

C

The arrest of Rosa Parks

D

The Freedom Riders' protest

A

To grant full national citizenship to Black residents

B

To abolish the use of the reference book

C

To desegregate residential zones in cities

D

To expand forced removals by assigning families to designated territories

A

It allowed protesters to communicate in secret codes

B

It created national pressure by showing brutality against peaceful demonstrators

C

It convinced state governments to ignore federal mandates

D

It replaced the need for legal challenges in the Supreme Court

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True

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False

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MYP History Civil Rights Struggles Questionbank

MYP MYP History Topic Civil Rights Struggles Questionbank