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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. What does A New Orleans newspaper accuse O'Dell of being a member of?

2. What charges do the FBI investigate in this chapter?

3. Who does Hoover warn Kennedy to stay away from?

4. Where is Seigenthaler when Kennedy calls him?

5. What does a man fracture when he falls over in a scuffle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Moses have in Mississippi?

2. How does the city respond to the Albany Movement's manifesto?

3. What changes does Megdar Evans try to implement in Jackson, Mississippi?

4. How does Jesse Jackson cause problems for King after he wins the National Baptist elections?

5. How do the police prevent the D-Day marches from entering downtown?

6. Why does Hoover want Kennedy to keep away from Frank Sinatra?

7. How does Kennedy create the Voter Education Project?

8. Why did a hitman prove to be an embarrassment to the government?

9. Why did King write letters from the Birmingham Jail?

10. Why does King snub Kennedy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine King's upbringing and write 500 words about how his upbringing molded him into the strong and influential leader he became.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the values of 1960s America.

1) Why did Afro-American politics come to the fore during this time ?

2) What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

3) Does today's society share any values with 1960s America?

Essay Topic 3

Examine racism in America. How much has it changed since the Civil Rights Movement? How much do the students think Martin Luther King was responsible for that change? In what forms does racism still exist in America today?

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