Freedom Rides

What was the goal of the protests shown on this map?

• To pressure Congress to prohibit discrimination against disabled citizens.

• There was no such thing as the Freedom Rides.

• To challenge the government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in transportation.

• To persuade states to abandon discriminatory voter-registration procedures.

How many white people met the buses in Montgomery to protest the Freedom Riders?

• 1,000

• 500

• 250

• 3,000

The Freedom Rides were bus trips by civil rights protesters in the South. What was the purpose of these trips?

• To change the separate but equal school policies.

• To force voting rights for all Americans.

• Free rides on busses.

• To challenge the illegal bus systems.

A series of integrated bus rides throughout the South done to protest segregated bus stations.

• Sit-In

• Freedom Rides

• March on Washington

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

What year did the Freedom Rides begin?

• 1955

• 1961

• 1965

• 1970

Who organized the first Freedom Ride?

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• Congress of Racial Equality

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Which Supreme Court decision did the Freedom Riders aim to enforce?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Boynton v. Virginia

• Roe v. Wade

What was the main goal of the Freedom Rides?

• To desegregate public schools

• To end racial discrimination in employment

• To desegregate interstate bus travel

• To promote voting rights

Which U.S. President was in office during the Freedom Rides?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

What was the reaction of local authorities to the Freedom Riders in the South?

• They provided police protection

• They ignored the Freedom Riders

• They often arrested the Freedom Riders

• They welcomed the Freedom Riders