1. Why did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat to a white man?
A: Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man because she was tired of giving in to the demands of white people.
2. According to Jo Ann Gibson Robinson, why did people in Montgomery not use the word "integration?"
A: According to Robinson, people in Montgomery did not use the word "integration" because to admit that black Americans were seeking to integrate would have been too much; there would have been much bloodshed and arrests of those who dared to disclose such an idea.
3. How does Martin Luther King, Jr., compare the efforts planned for his organization to those of organizations that opposed African Americans?
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4. Explain the Voting Rights Act of 1965. How did it increase voter registration?
A: The Voting Right Act of 1965 authorized the attorney general to send federal examiners to register qualified voters, bypassing local officials who often refused to register African Americans. The law also suspended discriminatory devices such as literary tests in counties where less than half of all adults had been allowed to vote. The results were dramatic. By the end of the year, almost 250,000 African Americans had registered as new voters, increasing voting registration significantly.
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