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Civil Rights: Challenges and Changes

Question 8 • AZ-US/AZ History B (SS302)

What was the outcome of the Montgomery bus boycott?

Answer
A
The Supreme Court ruled Alabama’s law unconstitutional.
B
Cities around the country erupted in riots.
C
Nonviolent resistance was seen as a failure.
D
The president issued Executive Order 9981.

Explanation

The Montgomery bus boycott challenged racial segregation on city buses through a sustained, nonviolent protest. In 1956, the Supreme Court upheld a ruling that Alabama’s bus-segregation laws were unconstitutional, ending segregation on Montgomery buses. Executive Order 9981, which desegregated the armed forces, had been issued much earlier, in 1948.

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