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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 ________ was required to industrialize, developing economic power, improving medical care, etc.
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) West.

2. There was an obligation to ensure that all __________________ participated in the enforcement and creative innovations freeing all citizens.
(a) Whites.
(b) People.
(c) Federal agencies.
(d) Women.

3. What is NOT one of the things that Dr. King endured during his time in the Civil Rights movement?
(a) Jailing.
(b) Near fatal stabbing.
(c) Poisoning.
(d) Home bombing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The students began to lose their fear of the ___________ wielded by the white majority and were looking to build brotherhood.

2. Where were the African Americans allowed to sit when they took a bus to get somewhere?

3. The administration seemed unaware of the split in the leadership of the _____________ at the time.

4. The Montgomery _________ surprised many African Americans when it happened, helping to encourage more.

5. Dr. King wants to point out a lot of things about the use of nonviolence. Nonviolence is not for __________, for example.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Dr. King want people to use during the battle for freedom and for justice?

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

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

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

7. What happened as a result of the Montgomery boycott which surprised a lot of African Americans?

8. What was the crisis in 1962 that allowed the problem of the Civil Rights movement to be less than dominant in society?

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

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

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