Why did John F. Kennedy fail to support the Civil Rights Movement after the actions taken in 1961 by the Freedom Riders?
A) He believed that civil rights volunteers were unnecessarily putting their lives at risk when
they didn't have to.
B) He was against giving African Americans equal rights.
C) He feared alienating his white Democratic Southern base.
D) His Northern white working-class base feared that African Americans would take jobs away
from them.
C
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a. the slave market b. the Great Library c. an international port of trade. d. an international Islamic university e. the first African railroad depot.
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a. escape Catholic persecution. b. pursue economic opportunities. c. seek safe areas for Protestants. d. escape the established Church of England. e. escape the Black Death.