Question

The initial cause of the Watts Riots in 1965 was?
the burning of a business in Los Angeles.
the arrival of the National Guard.
the arrest of an African American by white police officers.
the passage of civil rights legislation.

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

The Watts Riots, also known as the Watts Rebellion, was a large series of riots that broke out August 11, 1965, in the predominantly black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles. The Watts Riots lasted for six days, resulting in 34 deaths, 1,032 injuries and 4,000 arrests, involving 34,000 people and ending in the destruction of 1,000 buildings, totaling $40 million in damages.

It was a low-key traffic stop around 7 p.m. on a Wednesday evening that ignited what would become known as the Watts Riots.

Stepbrothers Marquette and Ronald Frye were pulled over by a white California Highway Patrol officer while driving their mother’s car near the corner of Avalon Boulevard and 116th Street in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Marquette failed a sobriety test and panicked as he was arrested. As Marquette’s anger rose at the thought of going to jail, a scuffle broke out between him and one of the police officers. Ronald joined in, partly to protest the arrest but also to protect his brother.

A crowd began to gather, and back-up police arrived under the assumption that the crowd was hostile, which resulted in a fight between someone in the crowd and an officer. Another newly-arrived officer jabbed Ronald in the stomach with his riot baton and then moved to intervene in the fight between Marquette and that officer.

Marquette was knocked down by the riot baton, handcuffed and taken to the police car. The Frye brothers’ mother, Rena, showed-up on the scene and—believing police were abusing Marquette—rushed to pull the officers off of him, resulting in another fight.

Answer 2

The arrest of an African American by white police officers

Explanation:

• The quick reason for the aggravations was the capture of an African American man, Marquette Frye, by a white California Highway Patrol official on doubt of driving while inebriated. Albeit most records currently concur that Frye opposed capture, it stays muddled whether unnecessary power was utilized to quell him.  
• Watts riots. The Watts riots, now and then alluded to as the Watts Rebellion, occurred in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 16, 1965. On August 11, 1965, Marquette Frye, an African-American driver on parole for theft, was pulled over for crazy driving.

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