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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 became a pseudonym for the Civil Rights Movement?
(a) All Are Equal.
(b) Call to Voice.
(c) Freedom Movement.
(d) Free for All Persons.

2. What happened to Dr. King as he was signing books on September 20, 1958?
(a) He was stabbed.
(b) He was verbally assaulted.
(c) He was punched.
(d) He was shot.

3. When did the African nation of Ghana acquire its independence from British rule?
(a) September 9, 1955.
(b) March 6, 1957.
(c) December 1, 1955.
(d) April 9, 1956.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the President remove the National Guard troops from the high school in Arkansas?

2. When did the Montgomery Bus boycott begin?

3. When was the historic Brown vs. Topeka, Kansas Board of Education Supreme Court decision handed down?

4. What does NUL stand for?

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

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