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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. How long was King sentenced to jail for violating his probation?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 8 days.

2. Why were SNCC members upset with King?
(a) They felt he was doing too much in the organization.
(b) He tried to usurp the president of the group.
(c) They felt he was getting too much credit for the sit-ins.
(d) He wanted to end the Freedom Rides.

3. King taped the list of demands to a door where?
(a) Police Headquarters.
(b) Public Library.
(c) A White Church.
(d) City Hall.

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

5. Who approved several wiretaps on King's personal phone lines?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) J. Edgar Hoover.
(c) Gerald Ford.
(d) Ralph Abernathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the marchers attacked with in Canton?

2. What caused King to fall into a depression?

3. The Democratic Convention took place in which city?

4. In St. Augustine, rumors arose that the sheriff was a part of what group?

5. Where did King go after the Meredith March?

(see the answer key)

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