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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. Where were the lunch counter sit-ins conducted on August 19 by the NAACP?
(a) Oklahoma City.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) California.

2. How many federal marshals were dispatched by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy?
(a) 500.
(b) 200.
(c) 400.
(d) 600.

3. At some points, how did Dr. King help to keep the SCLC's cash flow problems from shutting down due to financial ruin?
(a) King worked multiple jobs to keep the SCLC afloat.
(b) King asked for donations from wealthy people.
(c) King put money from his speaking engagements into the SCLC.
(d) King sold personal possessions to keep the SCLC afloat.

4. What was found on a farm near Philadelphia, Mississippi, on August 4, 1964?
(a) A lynched black man.
(b) Three dead bodies of civil rights workers.
(c) An unfinished speech written by Dr. King.
(d) Anti-equality propaganda in the form of a barn painting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What two cities had riots erupt on July 18, 1964?

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

3. What was the name of the man whose daughter was the focus behind the Brown vs. Board (1954) court case?

4. Who was the first black student to graduate from the high school in Arkansas on May 27, 1958?

5. Why were organizations such as NAACP and the NUL formed?

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