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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What book was Dr. King signing on September 20, 1958?
(a) Why We Can't Wait.
(b) Strength to Love.
(c) Stride Toward Freedom.
(d) The Measure of a Man.

3. Why were organizations such as NAACP and the NUL formed?
(a) To form anti-government organizations.
(b) To resist Jim Crow laws.
(c) To make people angry.
(d) To form violent organizations legally.

4. How long did it take for Dr. King's address to students at Berkeley (1957) to be published?
(a) One week.
(b) One month.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

5. Who was the first black student to graduate from the high school in Arkansas on May 27, 1958?
(a) Charles K. Steele.
(b) Ernest Green.
(c) Fred Shuttlesworth.
(d) Stokeley Carmichael.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom did Dr. King say he learned about nonviolent resistance?

2. When did the African nation of Ghana acquire its independence from British rule?

3. What date did the Montgomery buses become integrated?

4. When did the Montgomery Bus boycott begin?

5. What month did Dr. King address the First Annual Institute on Non-Violence and Social Change?

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