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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 two cities had riots erupt on July 18, 1964?
(a) Harlem and Brooklyn.
(b) Dallas and St. Louis.
(c) New York City and Charleston.
(d) Memphis and Birmingham.

2. Who were the primary people who led the movement exemplified by eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians?
(a) African American men.
(b) African American college students.
(c) African American business-persons.
(d) African American women.

3. What two organizations invited Dr. King to speak at the University of California at Berkeley on June 4, 1957?
(a) NAACP.
(b) NUL.
(c) MIA.
(d) YMCA and YWCA.

4. Where did Dr. King move days after his thirty-first birthday?
(a) Knoxville, Tennessee.
(b) Newnan, Georgia.
(c) Atlanta, Georgia.
(d) Mobile, Alabama.

5. What president ordered federal marshals dispatched by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what is the "nettlesome task of Negros" today?

4. What is the name of the university where the SNCC was began?

5. What major movement followed the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Sit-In Movement?

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