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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The leaders in Alabama took pride in their opposition to the ________ and anti-segregation laws in 1963.
(a) Protests.
(b) Civil Rights Laws.
(c) Police.
(d) Government.

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

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

4. Many considered the first phase of the ________ protest to be over and to be a failure, a movement to be viewed with suspicion.
(a) Power.
(b) Race.
(c) Peace.
(d) Black Power.

5. Because the wealthy have the power to overlook the __________, Dr. King may have been overly confident.
(a) Poor.
(b) Laws.
(c) Leaders.
(d) Wars.

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

7. Weak __________ is the cause of racial prejudice, according to Dr. King's observations of the world.
(a) Family bonds.
(b) Structure.
(c) Thinking.
(d) Faith.

8. The effort to gain freedom and justice meeting physical force with __________ force was of greater value, according to Dr. King.
(a) Truth's.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Handless.
(d) Soul.

9. Mr. Carmichael did not believe that a comparison of better or worse could be made in relation to ___________.
(a) Civil rights.
(b) Government.
(c) Laws.
(d) Nonviolence.

10. The last conversation with Dr. King was held just ________ days before his assassination.
(a) 2.
(b) 12.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.

11. Americans held onto the dream of all people having a right to _______, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
(a) Voting.
(b) Life.
(c) Truth.
(d) Power.

12. Truly liberal leadership in the North needed to step forward being firmly committed to racial ___________.
(a) Solidarity.
(b) Effectiveness.
(c) Justice.
(d) Power.

13. The war in ________________ frustrated African American soldiers who fought and died with whites on the battle fields.
(a) Japan.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Korea.
(d) Cuba.

14. One cannot be a victim of _______ and participate in a similar evil against others, Dr. King stated.
(a) Pain.
(b) The legal system.
(c) Truth.
(d) Evil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. King said that the marchers' feet were sore and their bodies were tired, but their _________ were rested during the march.

2. Dissenters and protesters need work toward the health of the _________ of America.

3. Nonviolent ___________ was planned to continue until a policy of one man, one vote, and one vote for every man existed.

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

5. Dr. King argued that the war in Vietnam was _________ and that it hurt African Americans more than others in the United States.

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