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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. SCLC employees were unhappy about what?
(a) Their pay.
(b) King's schedule.
(c) The violence leaders were advocating.
(d) The death threats they received.

2. Why did a riot break out?
(a) The city went back on its agreement.
(b) Whites attacked several blacks on the way to church.
(c) The bombs killed 35 people.
(d) The state troopers had moved from the site of the bombings.

3. The grand jury in St. Augustine said they would agree to form a biracial committee after the Civil Rights activists did what?
(a) SNCC ceased its demonstrations.
(b) The swim-ins stop.
(c) The President told them to.
(d) King and other outside leaders left town.

4. How did King feel about his meeting with President Johnson?
(a) Depressed about his indifference.
(b) Impressed by his commitment to the Civil Rights bill.
(c) Glad that Johnson was a fellow Communist.
(d) Worried about his stand on voter registration.

5. What compromise in Selma was King criticized for?
(a) Turning around and returning to Brown Chapel.
(b) Going on to Edmund Pettus Bridge.
(c) Not attending the march to the bridge.
(d) Stopping the march until a settlement could be reached.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which college did King attend?

2. Why did the bus boycott not end when the bus company was losing so much money?

3. A judge ordered that registrars had to begin accepting how many applications per day?

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

5. What did Connor use on the protesters?

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