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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. The historic ________ ruling of the Supreme Court was nullified by the actions of the local and state governmental authorities.
(a) 1968.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1961.

2. Dr. King discussed the idea that those who oppose __________ rarely give up privileges without intense opposition.
(a) Truth.
(b) Racism.
(c) Freedom.
(d) God.

3. What crisis dwarfed the issues of civil rights in 1962, according to Dr. King?
(a) MASH.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Korean War.
(d) Cuban Missile.

4. The _________ of the slums learned that hatred and bigotry could and should be confronted, exposed, and dealt with.
(a) Women.
(b) Schools.
(c) Children.
(d) Churches.

5. Dr. King remembers working with a group of gang members from the ___________ ghettos.
(a) New York.
(b) Boston.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. King proclaimed that the group of students in front of him would become known as the generation of ___________.

2. America was fortunate, Dr. King said, that the strength of African American protesters was tempered by a sense of _____________.

3. Rather than discouraging the Civil Rights march, the governor should have encouraged the state troopers to avoid _________.

4. Dr. King never talked about the bad things that happened to him as he wanted to avoid a _________ complex.

5. The whites of the __________ forgot they had developed a social caste system and culture, even believing the lie.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dr. King say happened when voting rights were opened to all groups of people?

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

3. What were the four main forces which enabled the problems of partial integration to be overcome?

4. What happened if an African American person wanted to ride a bus in Montgomery, Alabama?

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

6. As opposed to nonviolence, what did the protesters first see their actions as when they were first beginning?

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

8. What made the students in the Civil Rights movement have a deeper depth to their actions?

9. Why were there violent outbreaks of African Americans in some areas, even though the struggle was typically nonviolent?

10. What did Dr. King see in India, even with the extreme poverty in the area as he witnessed for himself?

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