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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 16- Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What president ordered federal marshals dispatched by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

2. What year was the atom bombed dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1965.

3. Who were the primary people who led the movement exemplified by eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians?
(a) African American business-persons.
(b) African American college students.
(c) African American men.
(d) African American women.

4. What demonstration was held at Rainbow Beach in Chicago?
(a) Wade-in.
(b) Towel-in.
(c) Swim-in.
(d) Sit-in-sand.

5. When did Dr. King write the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?
(a) April 16, 1963.
(b) May 28, 1955.
(c) June 24, 1957.
(d) October 3, 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what church did Dr. King deliver his most historic and controversial statement tying the war and the Civil Rights Movement together?

2. Why did Dr. King submit his resignation as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?

3. Why was Dr. King in jail while writing the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?

4. How old was Martin Luther King, Jr., when Gandhi was assassinated?

5. What war began to take precedence over the Civil Rights Movement given that military presence was needed?

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