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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Birth of the SCLC, 1957-1959.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was chosen as the organizational president?
(a) E.D. Nixon.
(b) Jo Ann Robinson.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Ralph D. Abernathy.

2. The first federal Civil Rights Act did what?
(a) Dismissed all protest charges.
(b) Established a Civil Rights commission.
(c) Ended all segregation.
(d) Ended bus segregation only.

3. Where was King when a grand jury began handing out indictments against MIA leaders for breaking laws against unlawful boycotts?
(a) Denver.
(b) San Fransisco.
(c) Toronto.
(d) Chicago.

4. Who was discovered to have been sent to Montgomery by a New York organization?
(a) Parks.
(b) Rustin.
(c) King.
(d) Gray.

5. Where did King and his family move to?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Selma.
(d) Albany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the pastor of what church?

2. Who went with King to meet with Nixon?

3. Who did King marry?

4. In what state was the governor fighting integration of a high school?

5. King was arrested when he tried to attend the trial of whose assailant?

(see the answer key)

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