Answer: The Freedom Rides, and the violent reactions they provoked, bolstered the credibility of the American Civil Rights Movement. They called national attention to the disregard for the federal law and the local violence used to enforce segregation in the southern United States.
The term length in the United States Senate would be "6 years," since the Founding Fathers wanted the Senators to be able to make decisions without constantly having to think about re-election.
