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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 did the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) come into being?
(a) December 1-3, 1964.
(b) April 15-17, 1965.
(c) December 1-3, 1959.
(d) April 15-17, 1960.

2. Why was Dr. King in jail while writing the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?
(a) Eating with a white man at a "White Only" diner.
(b) Participating in civil rights demonstrations.
(c) Riding on an interstate bus with other activists.
(d) Participating in a conference for racial equality.

3. According to Dr. King, during his first national address, why were inhabitants of the twentieth century privileged?
(a) Because they were "not scared any longer."
(b) Because they were "making dramatic changes in the face of opposition."
(c) Because they lived in "one of the momentous periods of human history."
(d) Because they were "living by the greatest sets of rules ever."

4. What Illinois city approved a plan that prevented the erection of an interracial housing development on December 21, 1959?
(a) Deerfield.
(b) Hamilton.
(c) Chester.
(d) Du Quoin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the primary people who led the movement exemplified by eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians?

2. When associated with the Civil Rights Movement, what did demonstrators consider their arrests?

3. What president ordered federal marshals dispatched by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy?

4. What movement involved civil rights activists who sought to challenge religious segregation?

5. On what date was interstate traveling first challenged by an African American?

(see the answer key)

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