What Montgomery Group Was Pivotal in the Effectiveness of the Boycott

question 59

Multiple Choice

What Montgomery group was pivotal in the effectiveness of the boycott?

• A) The children of the city were pivotal because they persuaded adults to avoid the buses.
• B) The women of the city, who funded and organized the boycott, were pivotal.
• C) Martin Luther King, Jr., was the only reason the boycott became a major success.
• D) The ministers, who were united behind the cause and took great personal risks, were pivotal.

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Definitions:

Deontological Theory

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