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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are attempts to attack laws and customs that prohibited African Americans from eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians called?
(a) Refusal to move.
(b) Testing the system.
(c) Call to removal of ignorance.
(d) Sit-ins.

2. What president announced the use of federal troops to escort nine children to high school in Arkansas?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) Reagan.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Eisenhower.

3. Who was the first black student to graduate from the high school in Arkansas on May 27, 1958?
(a) Stokeley Carmichael.
(b) Ernest Green.
(c) Fred Shuttlesworth.
(d) Charles K. Steele.

4. What is the date notated at the beginning of Chapter 3, "The Power of Nonviolence"?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1960.

5. When was the second march supporting racial desegregation held in Washington, D.C.?
(a) April 18, 1959.
(b) December 5, 1958.
(c) April 18, 1958.
(d) December 5, 1956.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who went with Dr. and Mrs. King to India during their stay from February 2 to March 10, 1959?

2. What was the date of Dr. King's first national address?

3. What date did the Montgomery buses become integrated?

4. What two organizations denounced violent actions relating to desegregation acts?

5. Who were the primary people who led the movement exemplified by eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians?

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