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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. Why was the first meeting about the bus boycott somewhat disastrous?
(a) The ego of the leaders.
(b) The bomb that was found.
(c) The small number of people who attended.
(d) The police who showed up to arrest King.

2. Who took King's place as the president of MIA?
(a) Levison.
(b) Baker.
(c) Abernathy.
(d) Lewis.

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

4. Who was asked to vacate her seat on a city bus for a white passenger?
(a) Abigail Jenson.
(b) Betty Shabazz.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) Fannie Lou Hamer.

5. What SCLC program was to reach out more readily to the public?
(a) POV.
(b) Future Program.
(c) Crusade for Sponsors.
(d) Hands across America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened on January 30, 1956?

2. King was stabbed while in which city?

3. What was one of the demands that MIA made of the city?

4. Who came to the attention of the FBI at the Youth March for Integrated Schools?

5. The Crusade for Citizenship was focused on what?

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