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Where was Martin Luther King Jr. born? |
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a. Atlanta, Georgia |
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b. Birmingham, Alabama |
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c. Marietta, Georgia |
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d. Mobile, Alabama |
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| 2. |
What was King's father's profession? |
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a. doctor |
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b. fireman |
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c. pastor |
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d. professor |
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| 3. |
What historic campaign did King lead in Montgomery, Alabama? |
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a. a march to Washington, D.C., for civil rights |
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b. a sit-in at city diners |
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c. a boycott of the city buses |
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d. a demonstration outside a county jail |
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| 4. |
What did the Supreme Court declare to be unconstitutional in 1956? |
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a. segregation of schools |
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b. inequality based on race |
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c. jail terms for civil-rights demonstrators |
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d. segregation of buses |
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| 5. |
What was the goal of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference? |
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a. inspiring white clergy to support civil rights |
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b. equality for black people |
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c. voting rights for all Americans |
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d. training effective leaders for the black community |
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| 6. |
Whose teachings inspired King's philosophy of nonviolence? |
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a. Indian spiritual and political leader Mohandas Gandhi |
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b. American philosopher Henry David Thoreau |
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c. German journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Carl von Ossietzky |
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d. American scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Linus Pauling |
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| 7. |
King was awarded __________ in 1964. |
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a. a Bronze Star |
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b. the Nobel Peace Prize |
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c. the Pulitzer Prize |
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d. a Medal of Honor |
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| 8. |
Why did King travel to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968? |
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a. to receive an honorary degree |
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b. to participate in a conference of civil rights leaders |
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c. to visit his wife and children |
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d. to fight for better wages for sanitation workers |
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| 9. |
How did King die? |
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a. he was shot by an assassin |
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b. he had a heart attack |
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c. he was killed in a plane crash |
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d. he was killed in the Vietnam War |
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| 10. |
When is Martin Luther King Jr. Day? |
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a. January 15 |
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b. February 15 |
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c. the third Monday of January |
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d. the third Tuesday of February |
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