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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Selma and the Voting Rights Act, 1965.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Robert Kennedy got a federal injunction against which group to keep them from harassing the bus riders?
(a) The KKK.
(b) The SCLC.
(c) The Nazi Party.
(d) The Masons.

2. Several of the Albany leaders were charged with what?
(a) Perjury.
(b) Robbery.
(c) Fraud.
(d) Murder.

3. The white merchants resisted what aim?
(a) Desegregating the city government.
(b) Having fair hiring practices in the retail stores.
(c) Desegregating the retail stores.
(d) The formation of a biracial committee.

4. How many people were arrested at the trial for the arrested SNCC train riders?
(a) 150.
(b) 50.
(c) 5000.
(d) 400.

5. What compromise in Selma was King criticized for?
(a) Not attending the march to the bridge.
(b) Turning around and returning to Brown Chapel.
(c) Stopping the march until a settlement could be reached.
(d) Going on to Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which university had the front doors blocked to keep several black students from registering?

2. What organizations did the students form out of the lunch counter sit-ins?

3. When King was placed in isolation, who did Wyatt Walker ask for help?

4. Who made a speech on the day before the march that upset the White House?

5. King's sentence was suspended on what condition?

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