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AP U.S. History Exam 2.45. The journey shown on the map was an example of...what?

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00:00

[ musical flourish ]

00:03

And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by freedom rides.

00:07

The journey shown on the map was an example of... what?

00:10

And here are the potential answers.

00:12

[ old-timey music ]

00:16

Well, the road to freedom was a long and winding one,

00:19

especially when you add up all those sleepless nights

00:21

crammed in busses criss-crossing the South.

00:24

Was the journey on this map an example of B -

00:26

a movement to spread black nationalist ideas?

00:30

Well, actually the Freedom Riders believed in peaceful protests,

00:32

whereas black nationalists like the Black Panthers

00:35

were advocates of a more confrontational approach.

00:38

So we can ride B out of town.

00:39

Were these freedom rides an example of C -

00:42

organized protests against the Vietnam War?

00:45

Well, even though American troops were already dispatched

00:47

to Vietnam by 1961,

00:49

many Americans didn't oppose the war until its escalation

00:52

in later years. So that's it for C.

00:54

Could the freedom rides have been an example of D -

00:56

mass migration in the Civil Rights Era?

00:59

Well, this image is from 1961, so we're a little too late

01:02

for mass migrations, which were more common during periods

01:05

of industrialization. Which means

01:07

the journey shown on the map was an example of A -

01:10

nonviolent protests by civil rights activists.

01:14

The Freedom Riders were a group of activists who rode busses

01:16

in the South as a way to peacefully protest the Southern states

01:19

that had failed to enforce the integration of transportation.

01:23

So A is the correct answer.

01:24

Unfortunately, these nonviolent protestors

01:26

often encountered violence on the road,

01:29

since many Southerners had little interest in going along

01:32

for a freedom ride.

01:35

[ horn honks ]

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