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Context ·Anticipation of more progress in civil rights
Following outlaw of racial segregation, African-American community anticipated more progress in civil rights.
Freedom Rides involved challenge to “whites only” seats. The government responded with force to protect Freedom Riders. This elevated the civil rights movement.
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
3.
Based on the passage, which ███ ██ ███ █████████ ███ ██ ████ ██████████ ████████ █████ ███ ███████ ██████
Question Type
Implied
The answer is likely to be supported by something in the second half of the last paragraph, which is where the author describes Freedom Rides.
a
They were primarily █ ███████████ ███████████
They were not spontaneous. They were “organized in 1961 by the already well-established Congress of Racial Equality” to challenge segregation. Something organized and planned is not spontaneous.
b
They were directed ███████ ███ ████ ███████████
They were not directed against the U.S. government; they were directed against “whites only” seating on buses and other facilities. The passage doesn’t say that those buses and other facilities were managed by the U.S. government.
c
They were less █████████ ██ ███ ████ █████ ██████ ████████ ████ ████ ███ ████████ ██████ ███████████████
The passage never judges the comparative importance of the Freedom Rides and the original sit-ins. In addition, if you wanted to find a comparison, there is evidence that the author might consider the Freedom Rides to be more important: the passage states that the Freedom Rides were the “clearest turning point for the civil rights movement.”
d
They were based ██ █ █████████ ██████████ ████ ███ ████████ ██████ ███████████████
The passage never suggests that the Freedom Rides were based on a different philosophy than the original sit-ins. Both types of sit-ins were part of a movement to achieve civil rights for African-Americans. They both involved non-violent protest.
e
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Stated.
Difficulty
90% of people who answer get this correct
This is a low-difficulty question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%120
127
75%140
Analysis
Implied
Humanities
Single position
Spotlight
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
0%
145
b
5%
147
c
0%
154
d
5%
148
e
90%
158
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