Martin Luther King Jr Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

11. What did Dr. King fight for?

1. independence
2. equality
3. nutrition
4. education

12. What does CORE mean?

1. Corps Of Racial Equality
2. Congress Of Racial Equality
3. Center Of Rehabilitation Experts
4. Control Of Racial Equality

13. What does NAACP stand for?

1. the National Athletic Association of College Players
2. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
3. National Association of All Christian People
4. National Acceptance of Colored People

14. What does SCLC stand for?

1. Southern Christian Leadership Council
2. Southern Committee for Lutheran Churches
3. South Carolina Literacy Committee
4. Southern Colored Likes Committee

15. What inspired King to help the fight for Civil Rights?

1. The killing of civil rights workers
2. He needed a cause for his ministry
3. He saw injustice in segregation
4. His wife encouraged him.

16. What legislation was passed in 1964 as a result of the March on Washington?

1. Thirteenth Amendment
2. Disabilities Act
3. Civil Rights Act
4. Social Security Act

17. What month do we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day?

1. March
2. January
3. September
4. November

18. What organization named King its Man of the Year for 1963?

1. Time magazine
2. The Southern Baptist Convention
3. The United Nations
4. None of the above

19. What type of award did Dr. King receive?

1. Good Citizen Award
2. Caldecott Medal
3. Nobel Peace Prize
4. None of the above

20. What type of protests did Martin Luther King, Jr. organize?

1. Violent
2. Destructive
3. Non-violent
4. Armed attacks