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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. Who began to question President Eisenhower's commitment to more troops in Vietnam?
(a) People outside the United States.
(b) People of conscience.
(c) People in the military.
(d) People of color.

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

3. How many students were expelled on March 2, 1960, by the Alabama Board of Education?
(a) 9.
(b) 2.
(c) 94.
(d) 36.

4. What was the date that Dr. King delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech?
(a) July 19, 1957.
(b) October 19, 1956.
(c) August 28, 1963.
(d) December 5, 1955.

5. What did white racists bomb on September, 9 1957?
(a) Montgomery Bus Headquarters.
(b) The conference site for the MIA.
(c) Hattie Cotton Elementary School.
(d) Dr. King's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who claimed that the victims of the American military were often people of color?

2. Despite the Civil Rights Act of 1964, what were African Americans still denied in some parts of the South?

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

4. From whom did Dr. King say he learned about nonviolent resistance?

5. How long did it take for Dr. King's address to students at Berkeley (1957) to be published?

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