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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. On what date did Dr. King submit his resignation as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) November 29, 1959.
(b) December 5, 1955.
(c) April 19, 1957.
(d) October 19, 1958.

2. What happened to James Farmer's bus as he was traveling from Washington, D.C., to the South?
(a) It was disabled (engine tampering) by white activists.
(b) It was painted during an overnight stop to look like a Dixie flag.
(c) It was run off of the road by the KKK.
(d) It was bombed and burned.

3. What county, on June 26, 1959, closed its entire school system rather than allow integration?
(a) Bedford County.
(b) Prince Edward County.
(c) Franklin County.
(d) Salem County.

4. What was the name of the first African American to challenge interstate travel bans?
(a) Emmett Till.
(b) Thurgood Marshall.
(c) T. McCants Stewart.
(d) Stokely Carmichael.

5. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what do the "powerful" never lose?
(a) Themselves.
(b) Chances.
(c) War.
(d) Opportunities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Illinois city approved a plan that prevented the erection of an interracial housing development on December 21, 1959?

2. Who were the primary people who led the movement exemplified by eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians?

3. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what do the powerless never experience?

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

5. How many students participated in the first march in Washington, D.C., supporting racial desegregation?

(see the answer key)

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