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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. How many people were arrested during the demonstrations in Selma, Alabama?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 3.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 500.

2. What president announced the use of federal troops to escort nine children to high school in Arkansas?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Reagan.

3. How many students marched toward the Alabama State Capitol Building in Montgomery?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 2,500.

4. What was the Nobel Peace Prize Committee looking for when they choose Dr. King as the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) The greatest apostle of peace.
(b) The only person brave enough to take a stand.
(c) The only man to have single-handedly pushed equality in the right direction.
(d) The person responsible for the Freedom Movement.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the President remove the National Guard troops from the high school in Arkansas?

2. When associated with the Civil Rights Movement, what did demonstrators consider their arrests?

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

4. When did Dr. King write the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?

5. What movement involved civil rights activists who sought to challenge religious segregation?

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