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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the marchers return to in order to have a meeting to outline the march?
(a) Memphis.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Chicago.

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

3. Bevel convinced King that the focus in Chicago should shift from segregation to what?
(a) Sexism in the city offices.
(b) Economic disadvantages of the black community.
(c) Hiring practices.
(d) Welfare in the black neighborhoods.

4. Who urged King to run for president?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) Dr. Spock.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) Nelson Mandela.

5. Who was famous for being the first black man to enroll at the University of Mississippi?
(a) Michael Jury.
(b) Wayne Johnson.
(c) James Meredith.
(d) Jesse Jackson.

6. Who approved several wiretaps on King's personal phone lines?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) J. Edgar Hoover.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) Ralph Abernathy.

7. Which city did King want to focus attention on in the North?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Akron.
(d) Detroit.

8. In which city did the marchers first encounter hostility?
(a) Greenwood.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Argon Springs.

9. SCLC employees were unhappy about what?
(a) King's schedule.
(b) The violence leaders were advocating.
(c) The death threats they received.
(d) Their pay.

10. King was approached by activists in which Florida city to help them garner support in the SCLC for demonstrations?
(a) Miami.
(b) Orlando.
(c) Panama City.
(d) St. Augustine.

11. King abandoned a writing campaign about peace in which country?
(a) Panema.
(b) Korea.
(c) Russia.
(d) Vietnam.

12. Which SNCC leader presented a Proposal for Action which would develop an army of sorts?
(a) John Lewis.
(b) Bob Moses.
(c) Diane Bevel.
(d) Ella Baker.

13. A picture appeared in national newspapers showing what, which spread word of the violence in Selma?
(a) The ruins of a bombed black church.
(b) Police dogs attacking a group of activists.
(c) The sheriff using a billyclub on an older black woman.
(d) A police officer beating a black child.

14. Where did the Meredith March end?
(a) Canton.
(b) Selma.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Atlanta.

15. Who rejected the idea that potential voters should sign a book so they could be received in order?
(a) Grant Selma.
(b) James Bevel.
(c) Ralph Abernathy.
(d) Julian Bond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did King and the potential voters refuse to vacate the sidewalk?

2. Demonstrations began in which state to test the compliance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

3. Why was there an uproar in the Chicago press about King?

4. What caused King to fall into a depression?

5. King was warned of an attempt on his life during a visit to where?

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