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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom from the NAACP did Dr. King argue regarding non-violent movement against racism?
(a) Robert Williams.
(b) Michael Winds.
(c) Jonathon Sweenton.
(d) Richard Kingston.

2. Who went with Dr. and Mrs. King to India during their stay from February 2 to March 10, 1959?
(a) Dr. Brian S. Edgar
(b) Dr. John P. Oswalt.
(c) Dr. Lawrence D. Reddick.
(d) Dr. David T. Bauer.

3. Why were organizations such as NAACP and the NUL formed?
(a) To form anti-government organizations.
(b) To form violent organizations legally.
(c) To make people angry.
(d) To resist Jim Crow laws.

4. Dr. King reached out to his extensive religious contacts, including the National Baptist Convention, to organize what conference?
(a) Southern Religious Conference.
(b) Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
(c) Montgomery Christian Conference.
(d) Southern Baptist Conference.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many students marched toward the Alabama State Capitol Building in Montgomery?

2. What Illinois city approved a plan that prevented the erection of an interracial housing development on December 21, 1959?

3. How old was Martin Luther King, Jr., when Gandhi was assassinated?

4. When was the second march supporting racial desegregation held in Washington, D.C.?

5. What book was Dr. King signing on September 20, 1958?

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