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

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

3. What caused King to fall into a depression?
(a) Evers' assassination.
(b) Kennedy's assassination.
(c) The lack of progress in Albany.
(d) The violence in Birmingham.

4. What were the marchers attacked with in Canton?
(a) Machine guns.
(b) Tear gas.
(c) Swords.
(d) Police dogs.

5. The bus trip from Washington to New Orleans by an integrated group of students was known as what?
(a) Protest Ride.
(b) Freedom Ride.
(c) Anti-Raciam Ride.
(d) Green Ride.

Short Answer Questions

1. The FBI observed meetings between King and whom?

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

3. Where did the marchers return to in order to have a meeting to outline the march?

4. The four major Civil Rights organizations joined together to create what organization?

5. How long was King sentenced to jail for violating his probation?

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