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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) 1954.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1961.

2. Who did Dr. King think was goading some of the African Americans into committing acts of violence?
(a) Police.
(b) White students.
(c) Government officials.
(d) Pastors.

3. In spite of the extreme ___________ in the area, Dr. King found little evidence of abuse towards each other.
(a) Wealth.
(b) Anger.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Fear.

4. The Montgomery _________ surprised many African Americans when it happened, helping to encourage more.
(a) Boycott.
(b) Bombing.
(c) Walk.
(d) Speech.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Discrimination, according to Dr. King, thrives on a belief of ________________, which led to segregation.

2. Dr. King believed the commitment to nonviolence would prevent an increase of ___________ in society.

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

4. The millions of dollars being spent on the ____________ could easily pay to care for the needs of the poor.

5. The ________ was required to industrialize, developing economic power, improving medical care, etc.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the theory of nonviolence teach to those who are willing to practice it during tough times?

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

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

6. What is the danger of the strategy of violence as some African Americans might be inclined to do?

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

8. What are the three ways in which oppression is historically responded to, according to Dr. King?

9. What does Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. want to stress that nonviolence is NOT for?

10. What were some of the forms of persecution that Dr. King endured from the time he began to fight for black rights?

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