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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. King taped the list of demands to a door where?
(a) Police Headquarters.
(b) City Hall.
(c) Public Library.
(d) A White Church.

2. King blamed the riots on what cause?
(a) The failure of leaders to meet with movement organizations in these cities.
(b) The demonstrations in Georgia.
(c) Taking money from social programs for the war.
(d) The Feminist Movement.

3. What was the main source of racial trouble in Chicago?
(a) Job discrimination.
(b) The segregation of the schools.
(c) The violence in low-income areas.
(d) The corruption in the justice system.

4. Where did King go after the Meredith March?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Fairfax.
(c) St. Augustine.
(d) Dallas.

5. The grand jury in St. Augustine said they would agree to form a biracial committee after the Civil Rights activists did what?
(a) The swim-ins stop.
(b) King and other outside leaders left town.
(c) SNCC ceased its demonstrations.
(d) The President told them to.

6. Violence broke out in what city as activists tried to desegregate local schools?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Biloxi.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Grenada.

7. King was warned of an attempt on his life during a visit to where?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Selma.
(c) Marion.
(d) Chicago.

8. In St. Augustine, King was arrested for what?
(a) Tax evasion.
(b) Robbery.
(c) Delinquency of a minor.
(d) Conspiracy to commit murder.

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

10. The mayor of Chicago announced a plan to clean up what?
(a) The schools.
(b) The slums.
(c) The busing system.
(d) The downtown area.

11. What tragedy happened before the march to Montgomery?
(a) Abernathy was stabbed by a white woman.
(b) Congress voted down the Civil Rights Act.
(c) The King house was bombed.
(d) A volunteer was killed by KKK members.

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

13. Shortly after the March on Washington, racial tensions heated up in which city?
(a) Albany.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Montgomery.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What illnesses did King suffer from in the summer of 1965?

3. King felt that "black power" had what implication?

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

5. The Democratic Convention took place in which city?

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