The Civil Rights Movement Interactive Quiz

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in 1929 in ____________.
1. Nashville, Tennessee
2. Birmingham, Alabama
3. Greensboro, North Carolina
4. Atlanta, Georgia
Martin Luther King, Jr. followed in his father's footsteps and became ____________.
1. a doctor
2. a politician
3. a minister
4. a welder
King believed African Americans should work for equal rights ________________.
1. in nonviolent ways
2. through picketing
3. by getting Congress to pass new laws
4. by rioting
King was asked to lead _______________.
1. sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina
2. the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama
3. Freedom Riders through the South
4. the Los Angeles riots
Martin Luther King, Jr. formed _______________.
1. the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
2. the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)
3. the Integration of Mississippi universities
4. the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
King was ______________.
1. never arrested
2. arrested many times
3. arrested once
4. never spent the night in jail
In 1964, King was awarded ____________________.
1. the Peacemaker Award
2. the Albert Einstein Peace Prize
3. the Nobel Peace Prize
4. the International Peace Prize
King died in Memphis, Tennessee ______________.
1. from a heart attack
2. from a bullet shot
3. by a rock thrown by an angry mob
4. a fall from a balcony
Select all that apply.

Martin Luther King, Jr. is known for saying which of the following:
1. Free, at last, free at last. thank Lord Almighty, we're free at last.
2. An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
3. It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
4. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
5. I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
6. Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.

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