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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 president ordered federal marshals dispatched by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

2. Dr. King reached out to his extensive religious contacts, including the National Baptist Convention, to organize what conference?
(a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
(b) Southern Religious Conference.
(c) Montgomery Christian Conference.
(d) Southern Baptist Conference.

3. What county, on June 26, 1959, closed its entire school system rather than allow integration?
(a) Franklin County.
(b) Bedford County.
(c) Prince Edward County.
(d) Salem County.

4. How many federal marshals were dispatched by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy?
(a) 400.
(b) 200.
(c) 600.
(d) 500.

5. What was the name of the high school that nine black children attended under surveillance of federal troops, in Arkansas?
(a) Centralia West High School.
(b) Triad High School.
(c) Central High School.
(d) Wesclin High School.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does NUL stand for?

3. What was the date of James Farmer's trip from Washington, D.C., to the South?

4. When did the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) come into being?

5. What was the name of the first African American to challenge interstate travel bans?

(see the answer key)

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