In What Way Did the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s

question 31

Multiple Choice

In what way did the civil rights movement of the 1950s and early 1960s differ from previous efforts to end racial segregation and discrimination in the United States?

• A) Fewer African Americans and more whites were involved.
• B) Activists tended more toward rhetoric than toward direct confrontation.
• C) It involved masses of people who used civil disobedience to bring about change.
• D) African Americans increasingly used violent means to achieve their objectives.

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