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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is realized it will take more than just protests and marches for the __________ to receive the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
(a) Poor.
(b) Future.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

2. _________, Alabama was the most violent, ruthless place in which Dr. King and others attempted to gain justice and equity.
(a) Springfield.
(b) Selma.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Rockford.

3. Who had been the best ally of those who were trying to support Dr. King and his followers?
(a) The Christians.
(b) The whites.
(c) The Jews.
(d) The middle class.

4. The participation of African Americans in __________ would prove to be their economic power in society.
(a) The factories.
(b) The Army.
(c) Unions.
(d) The fields.

5. One hundred years after the _______________, African American men still sought the guarantee to basic rights as outlined in the Declaration of Independence.
(a) Emancipation Proclamation.
(b) Riots.
(c) Constitution.
(d) Declaration of Independence.

6. Dr. King stated that the distance between promises and the implementation was _________ in the interview.
(a) Close.
(b) Wide.
(c) Closer.
(d) Truthful.

7. Black people who were stuck in _____________ needed to develop a power through organization and collaboration.
(a) Brutal situtions.
(b) Pain.
(c) Oppression.
(d) The South.

8. Poor white peasants from _________ were given a number of the things which African Americans were not.
(a) The North.
(b) The South.
(c) Europe.
(d) Asia.

9. When Dr. King spoke out against the war in Vietnam, saying "A time comes when ___________ is betrayal."
(a) Violence.
(b) Dishonesty.
(c) Silence.
(d) Peace.

10. Those who advocated ________________ did not have the support of the majority of African Americans.
(a) Violence.
(b) Peace.
(c) Church support.
(d) Protests.

11. Mr. Wilkins believed that the crisis was only ________ outwardly, though Dr. King did not agree with this statement.
(a) Better.
(b) Worse.
(c) Easy.
(d) Hard.

12. In California, the legislature had repealed laws allowing for integrated ________, which then forced African Americans into the ghettos.
(a) Neighborhoods.
(b) Housing.
(c) Workplaces.
(d) Schools.

13. Dr. King noted that somehow African Americans had slipped from _____ percent a man down to half a man.
(a) 65.
(b) 60.
(c) 75.
(d) 70.

14. Dr. King wanted to point out that: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to ___________ everywhere."
(a) Peace.
(b) Learning.
(c) Truth.
(d) Justice.

15. Dr. King argued that the war in Vietnam was _________ and that it hurt African Americans more than others in the United States.
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) Blasphemy.
(c) A waste.
(d) Immoral.

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ depends on moving forward in a moral and religious manner, according to Dr. King.

2. A rebirth of _____________ societies threatened to destroy both labor unions and the opportunity for African Americans to fully integrate.

3. While the South gained respect, the Northern African American drained its ___________ into their struggle.

4. The Vietnam War, Dr. King believed, took away effort and money from the war on ___________.

5. The effort to gain freedom and justice meeting physical force with __________ force was of greater value, according to Dr. King.

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