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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. Even in their poverty, the ___________ of the United States had greater economic power strength than most countries of the world.
(a) Children.
(b) Poor.
(c) African Americans.
(d) Whites.

2. America was fortunate, Dr. King said, that the strength of African American protesters was tempered by a sense of _____________.
(a) Responsibility.
(b) Violence.
(c) Witness.
(d) Truth.

3. Token _________ are not satisfactory ends, according to Dr. King and to his writing and his speeches.
(a) Beliefs.
(b) Martyrs.
(c) Truths.
(d) Beginnings.

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

5. One extreme of the movement was to use Black Power to overthrow the ________________ and the whites.
(a) Churches.
(b) Nonviolent protesters.
(c) Government.
(d) Banks.

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ not only harms one physically, but it injures one spiritually, according to Dr. King.

2. Dr. King believed that unselfishly giving of themselves would help to develop a powerful ___________.

3. Where were the African Americans allowed to sit when they took a bus to get somewhere?

4. The nonviolent actions were intended to bring attention to the ______________ affecting the African American population.

5. 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.

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