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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 16- Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the demonstrations in Selma, Alabama, reach their worst problems?
(a) June 1 and 4, 1968.
(b) April 1 and 4, 1967.
(c) February 1 and 4, 1965.
(d) March 1 and 4, 1966.

2. What was the Nobel Peace Prize Committee looking for when they choose Dr. King as the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) The only person brave enough to take a stand.
(b) The only man to have single-handedly pushed equality in the right direction.
(c) The greatest apostle of peace.
(d) The person responsible for the Freedom Movement.

3. What was the name of the man whose daughter was the focus behind the Brown vs. Board (1954) court case?
(a) Stuart O. Brown.
(b) Reverend Oliver Brown.
(c) Dr. Kenneth K. Brown.
(d) Charles M. Brown.

4. Who published Dr. King's book Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?
(a) Harper Collins.
(b) Random House.
(c) Harper and Row.
(d) Viacom Inc.

5. During what years did participation by African American churches in American public life surge?
(a) 1930-1940.
(b) 1940-1950.
(c) 1960-1970.
(d) 1950-1960.

Short Answer Questions

1. What publication printed Dr. King's most historic and controversial address tying the war and the Civil Rights Movement together?

2. What major movement followed the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Sit-In Movement?

3. Where did Dr. King accept his Nobel Peace Prize?

4. When was the historic Brown vs. Topeka, Kansas Board of Education Supreme Court decision handed down?

5. When did the African nation of Ghana acquire its independence from British rule?

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