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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Selma and the Voting Rights Act, 1965.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The white merchants resisted what aim?
(a) Desegregating the city government.
(b) Desegregating the retail stores.
(c) The formation of a biracial committee.
(d) Having fair hiring practices in the retail stores.

2. Where did King and his family move to?
(a) Albany.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Selma.

3. King became the assistant pastor at what church?
(a) Ebenezer Baptist.
(b) Second Methodist.
(c) South Atlanta Methodist.
(d) Emmanuel Baptist.

4. Before the March, there were leaks from the FBI claiming that the March was being fueled by whom?
(a) The Green Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Republican Party.
(d) The Communist Party.

5. The SCLC teamed up with what organization to train students to teach citizenship schools?
(a) The Highlander Folk School.
(b) The American Cultural Club.
(c) The Baptist Civic Organization.
(d) The Montgomery Voter Association.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Connor use on the protesters?

2. How many protesters were arrested during the first day of the Birmingham protests?

3. What did King want the Kennedy Administration to issue?

4. Who was to lead the march in Selma?

5. Which city was chosen for SCLC demonstrations because of its noncompliance to the Civil Rights Law of 1964?

(see the answer key)

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