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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which SNCC leader presented a Proposal for Action which would develop an army of sorts?
(a) Ella Baker.
(b) John Lewis.
(c) Diane Bevel.
(d) Bob Moses.

2. What was added to the activities in Chicago?
(a) Boycott of downtown stores.
(b) Speeches on equality.
(c) A march to Detroit.
(d) Voter registration.

3. Which city did King want to focus attention on in the North?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Akron.

4. King demanded that Birmingham hire how many black police officers?
(a) 10.
(b) 18.
(c) 25.
(d) 6.

5. In October, the federal Office of Education stopped funding to which city's schools because of segregation?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Atlanta.

Short Answer Questions

1. In St. Augustine, rumors arose that the sheriff was a part of what group?

2. The FBI observed meetings between King and whom?

3. Shortly after the March on Washington, racial tensions heated up in which city?

4. Who approved several wiretaps on King's personal phone lines?

5. CCCO staged a march that ended in how many arrests?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Bloody Sunday? Describe this event.

2. What did King's wife receive? How did King feel about this?

3. Following the protests in Selma, what other avenues to desegregation did the SCLC discuss? What did King share with the SCLC at this meeting?

4. Why was King arrested in St. Augustine? What was the result of the grand jury?

5. What was King's new book about? What interruptions did he face in writing it? How was the book received?

6. What health struggles did King encounter? What contributed to this? What award did he learn that he had won?

7. What did the federal Office of Education do in Chicago? How did this affect the movement?

8. What happened to the Meredith March after Meredith was shot?

9. How did King feel about the war in Vietnam? How did he become involved in the debate over the war? What reaction did people have to this?

10. What did King demand of the city of Birmingham? What happened?

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