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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 11- Part 3: Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Democratic presidential candidate was running against Richard Nixon in 1960?
(a) John Kennedy.
(b) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Harry S. Truman.

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

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

4. What was Stokely Carmichael's slogan in gaining the presidency of the SNCC on May 16, 1966?
(a) "Freedom, Freedom, Freedom."
(b) "Black Power."
(c) "We will not back down."
(d) "Equality Equals Nonviolent Means."

5. What major movement followed the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Sit-In Movement?
(a) Freedom Ride.
(b) Black Panther Movement.
(c) Freedom Summer.
(d) March on Washington.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Dr. King move days after his thirty-first birthday?

3. What demonstration was held at Rainbow Beach in Chicago?

4. In what magazine did Dr. King's famous series "How My Mind Has Changed" appear?

5. Who was the first black student to graduate from the high school in Arkansas on May 27, 1958?

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