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100

She was a black woman whose refusal to sit at the back of the bus sparked a movement to guarantee civil rights for African Americans. 

Who is Rosa Parks?

100

It is the capital of Alabama.

What is Montgomery?

100

This verb is a synonym for shock.

What is stun?

100

The right to register to vote is an example of this kind of right.

What is civil?

200

He became president after JFK was assassinated, and people sometimes use this acronym instead of his full name.

What is LBJ?

200

The people on the march from Selma to Montgomery walked in this direction.

What is north?

200

When MLK said that blacks wanted the ballot, he meant that they want the right to do this.

What is vote?

200

In the 1950s, this branch of the federal government declared that the idea of "separate but equal" schools was unconstitutional.

What is the Supreme Court?

300

In the movie Selma, there were two men in prominent positions who were strongly opposed to the march. One was the sheriff and the other held this important job.

What is governor?

300

The postal abbreviation for California is CA. The postal abbreviation for Alabama is this. 

What is AL?

300

This verb is a synonym for move or change.

What is shift?

300

In the 1950s, people in Alabama  boycotted buses in order to protest segregation. 

In the 1970s, farm workers asked Americans to boycott this product in order to protest bad working conditions on California farms.

What are grapes?