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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 was the date that Dr. King delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech?
(a) July 19, 1957.
(b) October 19, 1956.
(c) August 28, 1963.
(d) December 5, 1955.

2. When was the first march supporting racial desegregation held in Washington, D.C.?
(a) December 5, 1957.
(b) October 25, 1958.
(c) December 5, 1955.
(d) October 25, 1955.

3. What group organized the first integrated group of interstate travelers?
(a) NUL.
(b) CORE.
(c) MIL.
(d) NAACP.

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

5. What was the name of the high school that nine black children attended under surveillance of federal troops, in Arkansas?
(a) Centralia West High School.
(b) Central High School.
(c) Wesclin High School.
(d) Triad High School.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date was the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 signed?

2. How many students participated in the first march in Washington, D.C., supporting racial desegregation?

3. What city was the home to the beginning of the movement exemplified by eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians when it began February 1, 1960?

4. What were the dates of the demonstration at Rainbow Beach in Chicago?

5. What was Stokely Carmichael's slogan in gaining the presidency of the SNCC on May 16, 1966?

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