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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 8- Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the historic Brown vs. Topeka, Kansas Board of Education Supreme Court decision handed down?
(a) December 1, 1955.
(b) May 17, 1954.
(c) April 1, 1955.
(d) March 17, 1957.

2. How many students were expelled on March 2, 1960, by the Alabama Board of Education?
(a) 36.
(b) 2.
(c) 94.
(d) 9.

3. What were the dates of the demonstration at Rainbow Beach in Chicago?
(a) June 5 and 7, 1961.
(b) August 5 and 9, 1961.
(c) July 9 and 16, 1961.
(d) December 5 and 7, 1961.

4. What group organized the first integrated group of interstate travelers?
(a) NAACP.
(b) MIL.
(c) CORE.
(d) NUL.

5. What was the date of James Farmer's trip from Washington, D.C., to the South?
(a) May 4, 1955.
(b) May 4, 1968.
(c) May 4, 1958.
(d) May 4, 1961.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date noted at the beginning of Chapter 4, "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools"?

2. What was the date of Dr. King's first national address?

3. What two organizations invited Dr. King to speak at the University of California at Berkeley on June 4, 1957?

4. What book was Dr. King signing on September 20, 1958?

5. What city was the home to the beginning of the movement exemplified by eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians when it began February 1, 1960?

(see the answer key)

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