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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Birmingham and the March on Washington, 1963.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people were arrested at the trial for the arrested SNCC train riders?
(a) 5000.
(b) 50.
(c) 400.
(d) 150.

2. Why did the bus boycott not end when the bus company was losing so much money?
(a) The city refused to compromise.
(b) A judge ordered the continuation of the boycott.
(c) The Albany Movement wanted to crush the bus company.
(d) The bus company prefered to go out of business.

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

4. Which organization was formed to oversee the boycott and legal maneuvering?
(a) Montgomery Improvement Association.
(b) Memphis Equality Association.
(c) Savannah Civil Rights Campaign.
(d) Atlanta Race Initiative.

5. Who was hired to oversee the Crusade for Citizenship rallies, but then let go because of rumors of his homosexuality and communist connections?
(a) Bayard Rustin.
(b) Rocco Siciliano.
(c) Ralph Abernathy.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Segregation on the city buses officially ended when?

2. On February 1, 1960, how many students staged a sit-in at a lunch counter in Greensboro?

3. Who did King marry?

4. What happened on January 30, 1956?

5. The SCLC teamed up with what organization to train students to teach citizenship schools?

(see the answer key)

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