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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Meredith March, 'Black Power', and the Chicago Open-Housing Protests, 1966.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Freedom Riders feel disappointed in King?
(a) He refused to go along with them, citing his probation problems.
(b) He failed to mention them in a speech in Washington DC.
(c) He did not want to serve on their advisory panel.
(d) He spent some of the money they had planned on using.

2. CCCO staged a march that ended in how many arrests?
(a) 200.
(b) 900.
(c) 60.
(d) 4000.

3. Who used the term "black power" for the first time in a public form?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Stokley Carmichael.
(c) Ralph Abernathy.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

4. In what state was the governor fighting integration of a high school?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Wisconsin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the marchers return to in order to have a meeting to outline the march?

2. King planned a march to which city?

3. What did the highway patrol want the marchers do to?

4. In St. Augustine, King was arrested for what?

5. The CCCO was based in which city?

(see the answer key)

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