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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. King was accused of what by the state of Alabama?
(a) Unlawful mob action.
(b) Perjury for lying on a state tax return.
(c) Stealing from the SCLC.
(d) A hit and run accident.

2. King demanded that Birmingham hire how many black police officers?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 18.
(d) 25.

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

4. Why did the Freedom Riders feel disappointed in King?
(a) He failed to mention them in a speech in Washington DC.
(b) He refused to go along with them, citing his probation problems.
(c) He did not want to serve on their advisory panel.
(d) He spent some of the money they had planned on using.

5. In which city did the marchers first encounter hostility?
(a) Greenwood.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Argon Springs.
(d) Charleston.

Short Answer Questions

1. King taped the list of demands to a door where?

2. What organization removed King from office?

3. King became the assistant pastor at what church?

4. Robert Kennedy got a federal injunction against which group to keep them from harassing the bus riders?

5. What organizations did the students form out of the lunch counter sit-ins?

(see the answer key)

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