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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The majority of the changes that occurred after the passing of the Civil Rights laws were an allowance of __________, but not equity.
(a) Truth.
(b) Money.
(c) Power.
(d) Decency.

2. __________ of unions would grow as the African American received the vote, according to the logic of Dr. King.
(a) Recognition.
(b) The usefulness.
(c) The size.
(d) Political strength.

3. What was the name of Dr. King's wife, as told to readers in his autobiography of sorts?
(a) Coretta.
(b) Judy.
(c) Regina.
(d) Loretta.

4. ___________ depends on moving forward in a moral and religious manner, according to Dr. King.
(a) Victory.
(b) Survival.
(c) Power.
(d) Truth.

5. Economic power was available, according to Dr. King, to those who _____________ in this time of the world.
(a) Smiled.
(b) Believed.
(c) United.
(d) Laughed.

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

7. The ______________ also recognized the many men, women, and children who faced brutality in their peaceful struggle for justice.
(a) Audience.
(b) Prize Committee.
(c) Government.
(d) The protesters.

8. Each person on earth, according to Dr. King, is a child of God and has the right to expect _____________.
(a) Honesty.
(b) Respect.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Love.

9. To Dr. King, nonviolent action on a planetary scale was no longer an option, but an imperative for the prevention of ___________.
(a) Civil war.
(b) Government coups.
(c) Nuclear annihilation.
(d) World War Three.

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

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

12. People from every race and every faith came to __________ to join the march and to face the dangers along the way.
(a) Chicago.
(b) Washington DC.
(c) Selma.
(d) Montgomery.

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

14. The riots in __________ were a form of protest, commonly used through the ages, destroying the symbols of things they need.
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Boise.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Portland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. King accepted the label of ___________, claiming that this sort of nonviolence was powerful and just.

2. This horrible act of violence lead to a ___________ of the South and of the rest of the country.

3. Black young men were fighting and dying in wars for ____________ they could not get when they were back home.

4. Dr. King believed that many people were _____________ through an important revolution.

5. ___________ needed to be revolutionized, creating recognition that capitalism as the example of the poor around the world was not appropriate.

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