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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. The white merchants resisted what aim?
(a) Desegregating the city government.
(b) Having fair hiring practices in the retail stores.
(c) Desegregating the retail stores.
(d) The formation of a biracial committee.

2. What did Meredith want to encourage with this walk?
(a) Black poverty.
(b) Black voter turnout.
(c) The war in Vietnam.
(d) Ending bus segregation.

3. Stanley Levison was connected to what party?
(a) Socialist Party.
(b) Republican Party.
(c) Libertarian Party.
(d) Communist Party.

4. Who released a statement supporting the SCLC's work in Selma?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Nelson Mandela.
(c) President Johnson.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

5. The judge ruled that the march to Montgomery had to have less than what number of marchers?
(a) 500.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 100.
(d) 300.

Short Answer Questions

1. The bus boycott took away what percentage of bus riders?

2. One of SNCC's leaders was arrested in Atlanta on what charge?

3. Riots broke out in which cities?

4. King denied that which group had helped plan the Memphis protests?

5. Why did the Freedom Riders feel disappointed in King?

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