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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 16- Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people attended Dr. King's first anti-war demonstration?
(a) 1,000.
(b) More than 5,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 10,000.

2. At some points, how did Dr. King help to keep the SCLC's cash flow problems from shutting down due to financial ruin?
(a) King worked multiple jobs to keep the SCLC afloat.
(b) King sold personal possessions to keep the SCLC afloat.
(c) King asked for donations from wealthy people.
(d) King put money from his speaking engagements into the SCLC.

3. What year was considered a momentous year in American history and in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1955.

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

5. When did the President remove the National Guard troops from the high school in Arkansas?
(a) May 8, 1958.
(b) December 1, 1955.
(c) May 19, 1957.
(d) August 9, 1957.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the true goal of the Black Power Movement?

2. What is the name of the university where the SNCC was began?

3. What was the broad strategy of the Black Power Movement?

4. Despite the Civil Rights Act of 1964, what were African Americans still denied in some parts of the South?

5. Who went with Dr. and Mrs. King to India during their stay from February 2 to March 10, 1959?

(see the answer key)

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