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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 11- Part 3: Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What laws did African American interstate travelers ignore during their public transportation across state lines?
(a) Uncle Tom.
(b) White Flight.
(c) Jim Crow.
(d) Minority Travel Limitations.

2. Who was sworn into the presidency following the assassination of JFK?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) Richard M. Nixon.
(c) Lyndon Johnson.
(d) Gerald R. Ford.

3. On what date did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus?
(a) October 1, 1965.
(b) December 1, 1965.
(c) October 1, 1995.
(d) December 1, 1955.

4. What did the civil rights bill, signed on September 9, 1957, establish?
(a) U.S. Civil Rights Commission.
(b) Equality for All Commission.
(c) Anti-Racial Commission.
(d) Self-Determination for Activists Commission.

5. What year was considered a momentous year in American history and in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the African nation of Ghana acquire its independence from British rule?

2. On what date was the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 signed?

3. In 1964, what party was refused a seat by the Democratic National Convention?

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

5. What church was bombed that led Dr. King to deliver a sermon at the funeral of the little girls killed during the bombing?

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