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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 11- Part 3: Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many students participated in the first march in Washington, D.C., supporting racial desegregation?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 500.

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

3. Despite opposition, what two universities did President John F. Kennedy authorize federal marshals to accompany black students to registration?
(a) Universities of Mississippi and Alabama.
(b) Universities of North and South Carolina.
(c) Universities of Georgia and Ohio.
(d) Universities of Florida and Louisiana.

4. When did the President remove the National Guard troops from the high school in Arkansas?
(a) December 1, 1955.
(b) August 9, 1957.
(c) May 8, 1958.
(d) May 19, 1957.

5. What two cities had riots erupt on July 18, 1964?
(a) Dallas and St. Louis.
(b) Harlem and Brooklyn.
(c) New York City and Charleston.
(d) Memphis and Birmingham.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are attempts to attack laws and customs that prohibited African Americans from eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians called?

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

3. What was the Nobel Peace Prize Committee looking for when they choose Dr. King as the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize?

4. On what date did the head of the Nation of Islam call upon African Americans to form a state of their own?

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

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