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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why was Dr. King in jail while writing the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?
2. What county, on June 26, 1959, closed its entire school system rather than allow integration?
3. What were the dates of the demonstration at Rainbow Beach in Chicago?
4. What became a pseudonym for the Civil Rights Movement?
5. What president announced the use of federal troops to escort nine children to high school in Arkansas?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what would have happened in the United States if the country were to gain three million "southern Negro" votes?
2. What were the reasons that King's trip to India kept getting put off?
3. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what is the primary reason for bringing an end to racial discrimination?
4. When Rosa Parks was asked why she did not move from her seat on the bus, what did she answer?
5. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were the successful precedents that showed that civil rights could be obtained peacefully?
6. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," what were blacks asking for as part of the "southern pattern"?
7. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," why had some African Americans become cynical and disillusioned?
8. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," how are the extreme race relations of the South explained?
9. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," what would it take for the "master race" to civilize African Americans "to a degree"?
10. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," why did he think that white people thought blacks deserved (and enjoyed) second-class status?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the importance of Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and their association with the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. How did each action affect the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement?
Essay Topic 2
Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" while serving a sentence for participating in a civil rights demonstration. Discuss the importance of his actual writing from jail. What did this act prove to those involved in the civil rights act? Did this letter help to show his determination or did it hinder his part in the movement?
Essay Topic 3
The fight for civil rights was a fight that pitted color against color: black against white. Therefore, regardless of what was the "right" thing to do, the movement was opposed at every turn. One major opposition was the labeling of African American as communists during the Cold War. Why did those who opposed the Civil Rights Movement chose to label African Americans as communists during the Cold War? What purpose did it serve "their cause"? Why did this label make such an impact on Martin Luther King, Jr.?
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