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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. What was the name of one of the first integrated group of interstate travelers that later served as Dr. King's chief strategists?
(a) Emmett Till.
(b) Louis Farrakhan.
(c) Reverend Oliver Brown.
(d) Bayard Rustin.

2. What was the name of the high school that nine black children attended under surveillance of federal troops, in Arkansas?
(a) Triad High School.
(b) Centralia West High School.
(c) Central High School.
(d) Wesclin High School.

3. What did President Eisenhower claim encouraged American military involvement around the globe?
(a) A "military financed by the people."
(b) A "military-industrial complex."
(c) A "military formed by the different."
(d) A "military that cared about the nation."

4. What religious journal contained a summary of Dr. King's book Stride Toward Freedom?
(a) Believe.
(b) Renounced.
(c) Liberation.
(d) Common Threads.

5. How old was Martin Luther King, Jr., when Gandhi was assassinated?
(a) 17.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many students marched toward the Alabama State Capitol Building in Montgomery?

2. Despite the Civil Rights Act of 1964, what were African Americans still denied in some parts of the South?

3. What Democratic presidential candidate was running against Richard Nixon in 1960?

4. What was the name of the 37-year-old NAACP field secretary murdered on his front porch on June 12, 1963?

5. When did the Montgomery Bus boycott begin?

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