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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Give Us the Ballot—We Will Transform the South | If the Negro Wins, Labor Wins.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. King saw the injustice and civil rights as an attack on __________ when he was growing up around it.
(a) Self.
(b) God.
(c) Basic humanness.
(d) Honor.

2. What was NOT one of the ways that progress towards integration was fought?
(a) House bombings.
(b) Mail bombs.
(c) Economic retaliation.
(d) Mobs.

3. Dr. King compared the struggled of the Civil Rights movement to the struggle of the ____________ movement.
(a) Freedomfighter's.
(b) Women's.
(c) Labor.
(d) Oil.

4. What did the people do instead of giving in to a discriminatory bus system in Alabama?
(a) Use the train.
(b) Stay at home.
(c) Use cars.
(d) Walk.

5. The problem with using violence is that it alienates the people in the ___________, those who yet have not determined that any resistance is necessary.
(a) Upper society.
(b) Slums.
(c) Middle.
(d) Back.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Supreme Court struck down the idea of _____________ in May of 1954.

2. What were some groups training as they didn't quite believe that nonviolence would be able to work?

3. The students broke __________ laws, accepting that there were penalties to pay for doing so, and accepting these penalties willingly.

4. The struggle had a ___________ quality, including members of all classes of society and all ages.

5. __________ of unions would grow as the African American received the vote, according to the logic of Dr. King.

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