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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Poor People's Campaign and Memphis, 1967-1968.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the marchers attacked with in Canton?
(a) Swords.
(b) Machine guns.
(c) Tear gas.
(d) Police dogs.

2. What happened on the night that the settlement with the city was reached?
(a) The White House told King to back off.
(b) Abernathy was killed.
(c) An activist's home and a hotel were bombed.
(d) The KKK arrived to protest.

3. King announced that the Crusade for Citizenship would hold how many rallies simultaneously?
(a) 100.
(b) 5.
(c) 20.
(d) 50.

4. Segregation on the city buses officially ended when?
(a) October 14.
(b) March 29.
(c) December 20.
(d) June 3.

5. Which city was chosen for SCLC demonstrations because of its noncompliance to the Civil Rights Law of 1964?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Selma.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Charleston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who released a statement supporting the SCLC's work in Selma?

2. The first federal Civil Rights Act did what?

3. How many girls were killed in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing?

4. What was King's biggest concern about the murder?

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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