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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nonviolent ___________ was planned to continue until a policy of one man, one vote, and one vote for every man existed.
(a) Attacks.
(b) Pressure.
(c) Book writing.
(d) Law making.

2. The greatest tragedy of this battle for the integration of African Americans and whites was the denial of __________.
(a) The vote.
(b) Money.
(c) Church.
(d) Reading.

3. Dr. King longs for a day when his children would be judged on the content of of their ___________, not on the color of their skin.
(a) Bank account.
(b) Work.
(c) Character.
(d) Truth.

4. Dr. King believed the receiving of the Nobel Peace Prize was due to the use of the ___________ response.
(a) Violent.
(b) Nonviolent.
(c) Government.
(d) Murderous.

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

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

7. The nonviolent actions were intended to bring attention to the ______________ affecting the African American population.
(a) Brutalities.
(b) Illnesses.
(c) Dishonesty.
(d) Moral wrongs.

8. 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.

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

10. The Watts Riots in ___________ illuminated the tension between the African Americans and the whites in the North and Western states.
(a) California.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Utah.
(d) Florida.

11. The Supreme Court struck down the idea of _____________ in May of 1954.
(a) Black human percentage.
(b) Nonviolence.
(c) Separate but equal.
(d) Jim Crow Laws.

12. Dr. King believed there was a _________ need to overcome violence without using aggression and domination.
(a) Truthful.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Moral.
(d) Government.

13. Dr. King said that the marchers' feet were sore and their bodies were tired, but their _________ were rested during the march.
(a) Souls.
(b) Powers.
(c) Beliefs.
(d) Minds.

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

15. The greatest difficulty that African American leaders faced was that they did not want to be equated with the white ___________ that used boycotts to hurt others.
(a) Governments.
(b) Leaders.
(c) Supremacists.
(d) Citizen committees.

Short Answer Questions

1. The riots in __________ were a form of protest, commonly used through the ages, destroying the symbols of things they need.

2. Those who become more active in ______________ more rapidly bring about the desired results for the African Americans.

3. The ______________ also recognized the many men, women, and children who faced brutality in their peaceful struggle for justice.

4. Economic power was available, according to Dr. King, to those who _____________ in this time of the world.

5. ____________ comes from the knowledge that people are interdependent across the world.

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