2. which statement about the holiday honoring martin luther king, jr. is correct?

select the best answer from the choices provided.
it was first celebrated as a federal holiday in 1986.
many states did not celebrate the holiday for up to 15 years after it was formally adopted.
some senators opposed the holiday because they claimed king worked with communists.
all answers are correct.

3. what problems did car porters face before their union was recognized?

select the best answer from the choices provided.
they had to pay a fee if their cars did not have enough passengers.
they had to work unpaid hours before and after the train was traveling.
they had to buy the mattresses and bedding for the sleeping cars.
they were not paid for the hours worked while the train was moving.

4. why were women such as sojourner truth not fully satisfied with the fifteenth amendment?

select the best answer from the choices provided.
it did not provide freedmen with any access to education.
it only gave women the right to vote in local elections.
it specifically denied citizenship to native americans.
it granted the right to vote to all men, but not to women

5. why did the southern christian leadership conference (sclc) choose to protest in birmingham, alabama, in 1963?

select the best answer from the choices provided.
bull connor, the town’s commissioner of public safety, was sympathetic to the civil rights movement.
freedom rides had been particularly successful there.
it was convenient for martin luther king’s church congregation.
the sclc wanted to provoke harsh treatment by bull connor, the town’s commissioner of public safety.

6. people in an african american neighborhood are denied mortgages and loans at a bank, despite having a good financial background. these people are likely the victims of which housing practice?

select the best answer from the choices provided.
blockbusting
redlining
housing covenants
white flight

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