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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. King announced that a Second Emancipation Proclamation would be delivered where?
(a) The Mayor of Atlanta.
(b) The US Congress.
(c) The White House.
(d) The United Nations.

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

3. Riots broke out in which cities?
(a) Seattle and Madison.
(b) Omaha and New Orleans.
(c) Newark and Detroit.
(d) Dallas and San Diego.

4. Who was discovered to have been sent to Montgomery by a New York organization?
(a) Parks.
(b) Gray.
(c) Rustin.
(d) King.

5. What happened while King stood on the balcony?
(a) The railing broke and he fell.
(b) A riot broke out.
(c) He was shot.
(d) Johnson signed the civil rights legislation.

Short Answer Questions

1. King's father and grandfather were involved in what profession?

2. Stanley Levison was connected to what party?

3. What happened to Meredith along his walk?

4. What caused King to fall into a depression?

5. The Chicago Project Breadbasket would be run by whom?

(see the answer key)

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