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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Meredith March, 'Black Power', and the Chicago Open-Housing Protests, 1966.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. King was approached by activists in which Florida city to help them garner support in the SCLC for demonstrations?
(a) Panama City.
(b) Miami.
(c) St. Augustine.
(d) Orlando.

2. Who used the term "black power" for the first time in a public form?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Stokley Carmichael.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Ralph Abernathy.

3. Who was famous for being the first black man to enroll at the University of Mississippi?
(a) James Meredith.
(b) Michael Jury.
(c) Jesse Jackson.
(d) Wayne Johnson.

4. Who did King marry?
(a) Denise.
(b) Rosa.
(c) Coretta.
(d) Yolanda.

5. Demonstrations began in which state to test the compliance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
(a) California.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Alabama.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were arrested at the trial for the arrested SNCC train riders?

2. The mayor of Chicago announced a plan to clean up what?

3. What organizations did the students form out of the lunch counter sit-ins?

4. What were the marchers attacked with in Canton?

5. Why was the first meeting about the bus boycott somewhat disastrous?

(see the answer key)

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