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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Civil Rights Act fail to address?
(a) Voting rights.
(b) Integration.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Interracial marriage.

2. Who stops Michael Shwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney on their way to training?
(a) Nuns.
(b) No one stops them.
(c) The police.
(d) Firemen.

3. Who is Harry Belaftone?
(a) A chef.
(b) A singer.
(c) An actor.
(d) A baker.

4. Which President proposed a Civil Rights Bill in '63?
(a) President Johnson.
(b) President Bush.
(c) President Clinton.
(d) President Kennedy.

5. What happens at the first Selma to Montgomery march?
(a) Nothing happens.
(b) The troops attack.
(c) The troops refrain from attacking.
(d) Everyone hugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the police claim happened to Michael Shwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney?

2. Who kills Virgil Lamar?

3. Who is Medgar Evers?

4. Why was SNCC beginning to fall apart?

5. Who is Bayard Rustin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who succeeds President Kennedy following his assassination?

2. How does the March series end?

3. What church in Birmingham was considered a headquarters for the civil rights movement?

4. Who is Medgar Evers?

5. Who is Ella Baker?

6. Who was the police chief determined to put protests to an end?

7. What was the teachers' march?

8. Who are Addie, Carole, Cynthia, and Denise?

9. How does Medgar Evers die?

10. What does Bob Moses warn student volunteers of?

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