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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. According to the footnotes on Chapter 20: "I See the Promise Land," what position did Judge Hooks hold in the NAACP?
(a) National Director.
(b) Executive Director.
(c) Vice-President.
(d) Regional Director.

2. What kind of testing was banned on February 4, 1965, used to deny rights to vote?
(a) Hearing.
(b) Writing.
(c) Literacy.
(d) Driving.

3. What was the true goal of the Black Power Movement?
(a) For African Americans to fight for their freedoms.
(b) For African Americans to be more conscious of their history and culture.
(c) To create a support circle to fight against the KKK.
(d) To help African Americans become more "white."

4. When did the war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union begin and end?
(a) 1945-1987.
(b) 1960-1970.
(c) 1955-2000.
(d) 1909-1913.

5. What New York governor ordered the National Guard to restore order to Rochester after riots broke out on July 25, 1964?
(a) Malcolm Wilson.
(b) Nelson Rockefeller.
(c) W. Averell Harriman.
(d) Thomas E. Dewey.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here," what "spawned" the Cold War?

2. According to the footnotes on Chapter 20: "I See the Promise Land," who is Judge Hooks?

3. What year did Martin Luther King, Sr., die?

4. How old was Dr. King when he was assassinated?

5. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what do the powerless never experience?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the reasoning behind King's speech on March 25, 1967?

2. In 1967, as summarized in the introduction of Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here?," Martin Luther King, Jr., felt caught between two distinct groups for very different reasons. Who did King feel caught between and why?

3. What did King, in his speech "A Time to Break Silence," claim the Vietnamese watched Americans do during the Vietnam War?

4. According to King's speech "A Time to Break Silence," who was the most "vicious modern dictator"?

5. In "A Time to Break Silence," what did King claim was the irony behind the war in Vietnam?

6. According the introduction of Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here?", what happened in the United States during the Cold War to upset the Civil Rights Movement?

7. What prompted the Nobel Peace Prize committee to search for the "greatest apostle of peace" in 1964?

8. In King's speech "Where Do We Go From Here?," what did King mean by "as long as a mind is enslaved, the body can never be free"?

9. In King's speech "Black Power Defined," King declared that the "economic highway to power has few entry lanes for Negroes." How did he explain the meaning behind this statement?

10. Why did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference make their motto "To save the soul of America"?

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