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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Chicago and the 'War on Slums', 1965-1966.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which university had the front doors blocked to keep several black students from registering?
(a) University of Alabama.
(b) Emory University.
(c) Marquette University.
(d) University of California.

2. A judge ordered that registrars had to begin accepting how many applications per day?
(a) 100.
(b) 500.
(c) 75.
(d) 20.

3. Who was murdered in his driveway on the night that Kennedy mobilized the Alabama National Guard?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Ralph Abernathy.
(c) Medgar Evers.
(d) Roy Wilkins.

4. King abandoned a writing campaign about peace in which country?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Panema.
(c) Russia.
(d) Korea.

5. In St. Augustine, rumors arose that the sheriff was a part of what group?
(a) The Masons.
(b) The Communist Party.
(c) The KKK.
(d) The Nazi Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. SCLC employees were unhappy about what?

2. What compromise in Selma was King criticized for?

3. Who called the judge on the trial and suggested that King had a right to bond while waiting his appeal?

4. What was the main source of racial trouble in Chicago?

5. The focus of the Birmingham protests was on what?

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