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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. Where did the marchers return to in order to have a meeting to outline the march?
(a) Chicago.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Memphis.

2. What caused tension between the SCLC and SNCC?
(a) Sharing of finances.
(b) A letter by Abernathy.
(c) King's leadership.
(d) Credit for demonstrations.

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

4. The grand jury in St. Augustine said they would agree to form a biracial committee after the Civil Rights activists did what?
(a) SNCC ceased its demonstrations.
(b) King and other outside leaders left town.
(c) The President told them to.
(d) The swim-ins stop.

5. Where did the marchers attempt to camp, but were told to move on?
(a) The courthouse steps.
(b) A black elementary school.
(c) A Baptist church.
(d) A cemetery.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city did the marchers first encounter hostility?

2. King demanded that Birmingham hire how many black police officers?

3. Where was some of the worst police violence seen through 1964?

4. Who used the term "black power" for the first time in a public form?

5. In Chicago, the movement included nine points in their demand about what?

(see the answer key)

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