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

2. Where did the Meredith March end?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Selma.
(d) Canton.

3. What organizations did the students form out of the lunch counter sit-ins?
(a) Crusade for Citizenship.
(b) Hands Across America.
(c) Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee.
(d) National Youths Against Racism.

4. The Democratic Convention took place in which city?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Atlantic City.
(c) Tampa.
(d) Chicago.

5. In 1964, King learned that he had won what?
(a) The lottery.
(b) The Booker T. Washington Award.
(c) The Nobel Peace Prize.
(d) The NAACP President.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shortly after the March on Washington, racial tensions heated up in which city?

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

3. What caused tension between the SCLC and SNCC?

4. When King was pulled over while driving, what did he not have?

5. The bus trip from Washington to New Orleans by an integrated group of students was known as what?

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