View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city in Tennessee had a race riot on February 23, 1960?
(a) Bristol.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Chattanooga.
(d) Nashville.

2. What were the nicknames of the African Americans who traveled from state to state even though they were prohibited from doing so because of white co-passengers?
(a) Challengers.
(b) Freedom Riders.
(c) Riders.
(d) Freedom Challengers.

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

4. When was the second march supporting racial desegregation held in Washington, D.C.?
(a) April 18, 1959.
(b) December 5, 1958.
(c) April 18, 1958.
(d) December 5, 1956.

5. What staff member from the SCLC helped young people from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to think for themselves?
(a) Mr. Jonathon Brown.
(b) Mrs. Ella Baker.
(c) Mr. Terrance Minders.
(d) Ms. Ella Fitzgerald.

Short Answer Questions

1. At some points, how did Dr. King help to keep the SCLC's cash flow problems from shutting down due to financial ruin?

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

3. What demonstration was held at Rainbow Beach in Chicago?

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

5. What was the true goal of the Black Power Movement?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 299 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample