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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. When did the President remove the National Guard troops from the high school in Arkansas?
(a) August 9, 1957.
(b) December 1, 1955.
(c) May 19, 1957.
(d) May 8, 1958.

2. What staff member from the SCLC helped young people from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to think for themselves?
(a) Mrs. Ella Baker.
(b) Mr. Terrance Minders.
(c) Ms. Ella Fitzgerald.
(d) Mr. Jonathon Brown.

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

4. 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) December 1, 1955.
(d) October 1, 1995.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of testing was banned on February 4, 1965, used to deny rights to vote?

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

3. What is the date notated at the beginning of Chapter 3, "The Power of Nonviolence"?

4. What did President Eisenhower claim encouraged American military involvement around the globe?

5. When did the Montgomery Bus boycott begin?

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