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

2. What laws did African American interstate travelers ignore during their public transportation across state lines?
(a) Uncle Tom.
(b) Minority Travel Limitations.
(c) Jim Crow.
(d) White Flight.

3. What happened to James Farmer's bus as he was traveling from Washington, D.C., to the South?
(a) It was run off of the road by the KKK.
(b) It was bombed and burned.
(c) It was disabled (engine tampering) by white activists.
(d) It was painted during an overnight stop to look like a Dixie flag.

4. 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.

5. What is the date notated at the beginning of Chapter 3, "The Power of Nonviolence"?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was James Farmer's position with CORE?

2. How many student demonstrators were arrested in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 27, 1960?

3. What did white racists bomb on September, 9 1957?

4. During what years did participation by African American churches in American public life surge?

5. Who went with Dr. and Mrs. King to India during their stay from February 2 to March 10, 1959?

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