Apentix/AP US History/Unit 8: Period 8 (1945-1980)/Question
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Which of the following was a major effect of the student sit-ins that began in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960?

A.The tactic spread to dozens of cities and led to the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
B.Congress immediately passed the Voting Rights Act
C.The movement abandoned nonviolence
D.Southern lunch counters were nationalized by the federal government

Explanation

Core Concept

Four students who sat at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter sparked a wave of sit-ins across the South within months. Young activists formed SNCC in 1960 to coordinate direct-action campaigns, energizing the movement's student wing.

Correct Answer

AThe tactic spread to dozens of cities and led to the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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