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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ______________ in civil rights was responsible for this decline in civil rights being at the forefront of the public mind.
(a) Dishonesty.
(b) Expressionism.
(c) Violence.
(d) Tokenism.

2. In the beginning, protesters saw their actions as an expression of ___________ love.
(a) Baseless.
(b) Unjust.
(c) Forced.
(d) Christian.

3. From the time of the founding of the country, _______________ of the peoples had existed.
(a) Racial prosperity.
(b) Assemblies.
(c) Outrages.
(d) Disenfranchisement.

4. Dr. King believed that if the president had strong enough ___________ courage that problems could be solved.
(a) Ethical.
(b) Racial.
(c) Moral.
(d) Political.

5. The students began to lose their fear of the ___________ wielded by the white majority and were looking to build brotherhood.
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Republican.
(d) Police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of segregation was India facing in its own country, that Gandhi felt compelled to address?

2. What would have happened if African American people refused to give up their seats to a white person?

3. What did the people do instead of giving in to a discriminatory bus system in Alabama?

4. A final element in the new sense of dignity for the people was the knowledge that there was a _______________ struggle for freedom and equity.

5. The plans for the future, said Dr. King, involve the removal of blockage, not pouring _________ over the troubled waters in order to calm them.

Short Essay Questions

1. What would the Executive Order be able to do for the Civil Rights movement, according to Dr. King?

2. When Dr. King was talking to a crowd integrated with both white and black youth, what did he say the generation would be known as?

3. What was the plan for the march from Selma to Montgomery in terms of how long it would last?

4. As a result of the protests the students witnessed, what did they gain in relation to their fears about the Civil Rights movement?

5. What does integration allow the society to enjoy, according to the writings and the words of Dr. King?

6. What did the men in the Freedom March do as a result of their commitment to be nonviolent?

7. What was the greatest moral dilemma when it came to the crisis of race relations?

8. What does nonviolence, as a means of resisting, require that those who follow this path do?

9. What became a new tool in the battle for those unwilling to allow total freedom and justice for all?

10. What did the finding of a personal God help Dr. King to do during his years fighting for Civil Rights?

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