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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 11- Part 3: Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the date of James Farmer's trip from Washington, D.C., to the South?
(a) May 4, 1958.
(b) May 4, 1961.
(c) May 4, 1968.
(d) May 4, 1955.

2. What date did the Montgomery buses become integrated?
(a) December 21, 1957.
(b) December 21, 1956.
(c) October 21, 1957.
(d) October 21, 1956.

3. When did the Montgomery Bus boycott begin?
(a) December 1, 1965.
(b) October 1, 1955.
(c) October 1, 1965.
(d) December 5, 1955.

4. What two organizations denounced violent actions relating to desegregation acts?
(a) SCLC and MIA.
(b) NAACP and BCA.
(c) NAACP and SCLC.
(d) MIA and BCA.

5. What happened to Dr. King as he was signing books on September 20, 1958?
(a) He was verbally assaulted.
(b) He was punched.
(c) He was stabbed.
(d) He was shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Illinois city approved a plan that prevented the erection of an interracial housing development on December 21, 1959?

2. Who was sworn into the presidency following the assassination of JFK?

3. How long did it take for Dr. King's address to students at Berkeley (1957) to be published?

4. When associated with the Civil Rights Movement, what did demonstrators consider their arrests?

5. What Democratic presidential candidate was running against Richard Nixon in 1960?

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