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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was King's biggest concern about the murder?
(a) That the culprit would not be caught.
(b) The escalating violence against Civil Rights advocates.
(c) SNCC would fall into a decline.
(d) The voter registration bill would not pass.

3. King abandoned a writing campaign about peace in which country?
(a) Korea.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Panema.
(d) Russia.

4. What were the marchers attacked with in Canton?
(a) Swords.
(b) Police dogs.
(c) Machine guns.
(d) Tear gas.

5. The Chicago Project Breadbasket would be run by whom?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) Jesse Jackson.

6. Which SNCC leader presented a Proposal for Action which would develop an army of sorts?
(a) John Lewis.
(b) Diane Bevel.
(c) Ella Baker.
(d) Bob Moses.

7. At the SCLC convention, King suggested which city as the next one for protests?
(a) Savannah.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Biloxi.
(d) Danville.

8. What was added to the activities in Chicago?
(a) Voter registration.
(b) Boycott of downtown stores.
(c) A march to Detroit.
(d) Speeches on equality.

9. What was the main source of racial trouble in Chicago?
(a) The violence in low-income areas.
(b) The corruption in the justice system.
(c) The segregation of the schools.
(d) Job discrimination.

10. Why was there an uproar in the Chicago press about King?
(a) He attended a communist meeting.
(b) A SNCC demonstration shut down the downtown area.
(c) The SCLC seized a building.
(d) His affairs were revealed.

11. King felt that "black power" had what implication?
(a) Black separation.
(b) Black cooperation.
(c) Black violence.
(d) Black suffrage.

12. Who released a statement supporting the SCLC's work in Selma?
(a) Nelson Mandela.
(b) President Johnson.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

13. King learned that the Johnson Administration was taking money from social programs for what?
(a) Aid to Africa.
(b) Financing a bank bailout.
(c) Adding more police officers.
(d) The war in Vietnam.

14. The FBI observed meetings between King and whom?
(a) Wiesel.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Monroe.
(d) Levison.

15. The mayor of Chicago announced a plan to clean up what?
(a) The busing system.
(b) The downtown area.
(c) The slums.
(d) The schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did King feel about the agreement in Chicago?

2. Where did King go to work on his book?

3. How did King feel about his meeting with President Johnson?

4. What did Meredith want to encourage with this walk?

5. Who approved several wiretaps on King's personal phone lines?

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