Question
ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS
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1 Which statement best identifies the central idea of the
text?
• A The sit-in movement was a brave attempt to end
segregation in the South, but it was not as effective
as the freedom riders.
• B. Despite the violence civil rights activists endured,
the sit-in movement influenced desegregation and
inspired other protests.
C. Although Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil
rights activists used nonviolent means of resistance,
they were considered weak by white racists.
D. Civil rights activists did not believe the sit-in
movement would reverse segregation, but they
wanted to draw nationwide attention to racial
prejudice in the South.
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Answer
B. Despite the violence civil rights activists endured, the sit-in movement influenced desegregation and inspired other protests.