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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 filed a federal court case that would challenge bus segregation head-on?
(a) Fred Gray.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Robert Graetz.

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

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

5. The Crusade for Citizenship was focused on what?
(a) A civil rights bill.
(b) Voter registration.
(c) School desegregation.
(d) Bus desegregation.

Short Answer Questions

1. King announced that the Crusade for Citizenship would hold how many rallies simultaneously?

2. Who did King marry?

3. The first federal Civil Rights Act did what?

4. What happened on January 30, 1956?

5. What magazine did King's picture appear on in 1957?

(see the answer key)

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