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In Dred Scott v. Sandford (argued 1856 -- decided 1857), the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. The Court also ruled that Congress lacked power to ban slavery in the U.S. territories.
I think the answer to this is B
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Option B
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Complete Question:
Both the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Freedom Rides were successful in that they resulted in the integration of transportation. What was the difference in the way the successful outcomes were achieved
A. The Freedom Rides were successful despite having no central organization involved in the planning; the Montgomery Bus Boycott was supported by the NAACP.
B. The Freedom Rides succeeded due to federal intervention; the Montgomery Boycott succeeded due to local economic pressure.
C. The success of the Freedom Rides did not require the intervention of law enforcement; the Montgomery Bus Boycott involved local police.
D. The success of the Freedom Rides was due to the support of the American public, the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott stemmed from international pressure.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott started due to Rosa Parks a black woman been arrested after she refused to give up her seat so that a white passenger could sit in it in Montgomery, Alabama. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was instigated against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of transportation. As a result of the boycott, Montgomery City Lines <u>suffered financially</u> by losing between 30,000 and 40,000 bus fares each day for a period of) 381 days(from December 5, 1955, to December 20. 1956, the bus boycott ended successfully after the Supreme Court upheld the district court's ruling that segregation on public buses and transportation was against the law.
The Freedom Rides was a political protest in 1961 by civil rights activists as a result of non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. The ride was carried out by seven blacks and six whites left Washington, D.C into the segregated Southern United States which leads more than 400 volunteers who traveled towards the Southern United States after the first set of the freedom ride passengers were assaulted. The Riders were <u>successful in convincing the Federal Government</u> to enforce Supreme Court decisions.
