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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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