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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I See the Promised Land | Letter from Birmingham CityJail.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The United States had become an international power that was unable to enforce even _______________ in a Southern village.
(a) Elementary law.
(b) Civil rights.
(c) The Constitution.
(d) Order.

2. The nonviolent actions were intended to bring attention to the ______________ affecting the African American population.
(a) Moral wrongs.
(b) Brutalities.
(c) Dishonesty.
(d) Illnesses.

3. Dr. King asked people around him to pray for peace and justice in the world as the Civil Rights movement was a __________ movement as well.
(a) White.
(b) African American.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Bible.

4. There was an obligation to ensure that all __________________ participated in the enforcement and creative innovations freeing all citizens.
(a) Whites.
(b) Federal agencies.
(c) People.
(d) Women.

5. Where were the African Americans allowed to sit when they took a bus to get somewhere?
(a) Front.
(b) Hanging from the side.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) Back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would have happened if African American people refused to give up their seats to a white person?

2. Dr. King believed the commitment to nonviolence would prevent an increase of ___________ in society.

3. Southern __________ continued to fight against the civil rights measures and bills being put before them.

4. Dr. King wanted to point out that: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to ___________ everywhere."

5. America was fortunate, Dr. King said, that the strength of African American protesters was tempered by a sense of _____________.

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