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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. Why did negotiations fail with the city officials?
(a) They refused to drop the charges against the protesters.
(b) They refused to stop using fire hoses on protesters.
(c) They refused to set up a biracial committee.
(d) They refused to desegregate the city government.

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

3. What did King want the Kennedy Administration to issue?
(a) An apology for Jim Crow.
(b) Reparations for slavery.
(c) A segregation bill.
(d) A Second Emancipation Proclamation.

4. What organization removed King from office?
(a) SNCC.
(b) National Baptist Convention.
(c) NAACP.
(d) SCLC.

5. What magazine did King's picture appear on in 1957?
(a) Good Housekeeping.
(b) GQ.
(c) Sports Illustrated.
(d) Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did King feel about his meeting with President Johnson?

2. Who rebuked King's attempt to organize a day of mourning?

3. Which city was chosen for SCLC demonstrations because of its noncompliance to the Civil Rights Law of 1964?

4. King demanded that Birmingham hire how many black police officers?

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

(see the answer key)

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