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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tensions between the SCLC and which group grew during 1963 and 1964?
(a) NCAA.
(b) SNCC.
(c) ACLU.
(d) BBC.

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

3. One of SNCC's leaders was arrested in Atlanta on what charge?
(a) Instigating a riot.
(b) Robbing a bank.
(c) Breaking into police headquarters.
(d) Killing a police officer.

4. Where did the marchers attempt to camp, but were told to move on?
(a) A Baptist church.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) The courthouse steps.
(d) A black elementary school.

5. King learned that the Johnson Administration was taking money from social programs for what?
(a) Adding more police officers.
(b) The war in Vietnam.
(c) Financing a bank bailout.
(d) Aid to Africa.

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

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

8. What did the package delivered to the King home contain?
(a) Photos of King at a communist meeting.
(b) A letter from King to Stalin.
(c) A bomb.
(d) Recording from FBI wiretaps.

9. Demonstrations began in which state to test the compliance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Alabama.
(d) California.

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

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

12. In Chicago, the movement included nine points in their demand about what?
(a) Police employment.
(b) Fair housing.
(c) Church equality.
(d) Bus schedules.

13. What caused King to fall into a depression?
(a) The lack of progress in Albany.
(b) Evers' assassination.
(c) The violence in Birmingham.
(d) Kennedy's assassination.

14. Who heckled King during his speech?
(a) SNCC.
(b) NAACP.
(c) CCCO.
(d) SCLC.

15. What caused tension between the SCLC and SNCC?
(a) A letter by Abernathy.
(b) Sharing of finances.
(c) Credit for demonstrations.
(d) King's leadership.

Short Answer Questions

1. The judge ruled that the march to Montgomery had to have less than what number of marchers?

2. Who used the term "black power" for the first time in a public form?

3. The Democratic Convention took place in which city?

4. King blamed the riots on what cause?

5. In St. Augustine, rumors arose that the sheriff was a part of what group?

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