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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Dr. King submit his resignation as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) To take care of his ailing grandmother.
(b) Because of problems with his congregation.
(c) To devote himself full-time to the presidency of SCLC.
(d) To go on a worldwide self-realization pilgrimage.

2. What demonstration was held at Rainbow Beach in Chicago?
(a) Wade-in.
(b) Sit-in-sand.
(c) Swim-in.
(d) Towel-in.

3. Who was the first black student to graduate from the high school in Arkansas on May 27, 1958?
(a) Fred Shuttlesworth.
(b) Stokeley Carmichael.
(c) Charles K. Steele.
(d) Ernest Green.

4. What two organizations denounced violent actions relating to desegregation acts?
(a) NAACP and BCA.
(b) NAACP and SCLC.
(c) MIA and BCA.
(d) SCLC and MIA.

5. What famous black child psychologist embraced the liberal idea that where there is no equal opportunity to succeed there can be no social equality?
(a) Dr. Joseph M. Dryers.
(b) Dr. Daniel N. Meyers.
(c) Dr. Kenneth B. Clark.
(d) Dr. Terrance P. Patrick.

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

7. When was the second march supporting racial desegregation held in Washington, D.C.?
(a) April 18, 1958.
(b) December 5, 1956.
(c) April 18, 1959.
(d) December 5, 1958.

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

9. How many students marched toward the Alabama State Capitol Building in Montgomery?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 1,000.

10. What did the assailant ask Dr. King right before his assault on September 20, 1958?
(a) "Are you crazy?"
(b) "Are you Martin Luther King?"
(c) "Is this your book?"
(d) "Are you responsible for all this civil rights nonsense?"

11. What laws did African American interstate travelers ignore during their public transportation across state lines?
(a) Minority Travel Limitations.
(b) Jim Crow.
(c) Uncle Tom.
(d) White Flight.

12. On what date did the head of the Nation of Islam call upon African Americans to form a state of their own?
(a) January 1, 1960.
(b) July 4, 1960.
(c) July 31, 1960.
(d) December 5, 1960.

13. What are attempts to attack laws and customs that prohibited African Americans from eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians called?
(a) Testing the system.
(b) Sit-ins.
(c) Call to removal of ignorance.
(d) Refusal to move.

14. What was the date of James Farmer's trip from Washington, D.C., to the South?
(a) May 4, 1958.
(b) May 4, 1961.
(c) May 4, 1955.
(d) May 4, 1968.

15. Less than a week after the Youth March for Integrated Schools, a black youth was lynched. What was the name of this black youth?
(a) Clarence Mitchell, Jr.
(b) Ernest Green.
(c) Mack Parker.
(d) Marcus Garvey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What group organized the first integrated group of interstate travelers?

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

4. When did the Montgomery Bus boycott begin?

5. What president announced the use of federal troops to escort nine children to high school in Arkansas?

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