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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was to lead the march in Selma?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) King.
(c) Wallace.
(d) Rustin.
2. James Meredith announced his intention to walk from where to where?
(a) New Orleans to Boston.
(b) Chicago to Atlanta.
(c) Memphis to Jackson.
(d) Biloxi to Washington DC.
3. Riots broke out in which cities?
(a) Omaha and New Orleans.
(b) Dallas and San Diego.
(c) Seattle and Madison.
(d) Newark and Detroit.
4. The grand jury in St. Augustine said they would agree to form a biracial committee after the Civil Rights activists did what?
(a) King and other outside leaders left town.
(b) The swim-ins stop.
(c) SNCC ceased its demonstrations.
(d) The President told them to.
5. Where did King go to work on his book?
(a) Tanzania.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Brazil.
(d) England.
6. The mayor of Chicago announced a plan to clean up what?
(a) The schools.
(b) The slums.
(c) The downtown area.
(d) The busing system.
7. Why did the Chicago Freedom Movement begin to lose momentum?
(a) The lack of funds.
(b) The lack of an attainable goal.
(c) The lack of a leader.
(d) Demonstrator arrests.
8. Where did King go after the Meredith March?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Chicago.
(c) St. Augustine.
(d) Fairfax.
9. 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.
10. King learned of whose death as he left for a fundraising trip?
(a) President Johnson.
(b) Ralph Abernathy.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) Malcolm X.
11. The judge ruled that the march to Montgomery had to have less than what number of marchers?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 100.
(d) 300.
12. At the SCLC convention, King suggested which city as the next one for protests?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Danville.
(c) Biloxi.
(d) New Orleans.
13. What tragedy happened before the march to Montgomery?
(a) The King house was bombed.
(b) A volunteer was killed by KKK members.
(c) Abernathy was stabbed by a white woman.
(d) Congress voted down the Civil Rights Act.
14. What did the highway patrol want the marchers do to?
(a) Turn around and go back.
(b) Get off the pavement.
(c) Apologize for the march.
(d) Turn violent so they could be arrested.
15. Who was famous for being the first black man to enroll at the University of Mississippi?
(a) Michael Jury.
(b) Jesse Jackson.
(c) James Meredith.
(d) Wayne Johnson.
Short Answer Questions
1. King felt that "black power" had what implication?
2. Bevel convinced King that the focus in Chicago should shift from segregation to what?
3. Demonstrations began in which state to test the compliance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
4. Why was there an uproar in the Chicago press about King?
5. One of SNCC's leaders was arrested in Atlanta on what charge?
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