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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. It is realized it will take more than just protests and marches for the __________ to receive the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
(a) Future.
(b) Poor.
(c) Women.
(d) Children.

2. Laws enacted without __________ provided changes and minimal reform with no real freedom - words are not supported by deeds.
(a) Leadership.
(b) Support.
(c) Legality.
(d) African American leaders.

3. The concern was not for those who killed the little girls, but for the __________ that shaped the murderers.
(a) Schools.
(b) Government.
(c) Social system.
(d) Bigotry.

4. Achievement of creative _____________ must be continued in order to reach that dream that Dr. King shares.
(a) Truths.
(b) Protest.
(c) Laws.
(d) Understanding.

5. Dr. King believed the receiving of the Nobel Peace Prize was due to the use of the ___________ response.
(a) Violent.
(b) Murderous.
(c) Government.
(d) Nonviolent.

Short Answer Questions

1. The greatest difficulty that African American leaders faced was that they did not want to be equated with the white ___________ that used boycotts to hurt others.

2. The Watts Riots in ___________ illuminated the tension between the African Americans and the whites in the North and Western states.

3. Through love of others as humans as well as peaceful protest, Dr. King believed the __________ of hatred and discrimination could be worn away.

4. The riots in __________ were a form of protest, commonly used through the ages, destroying the symbols of things they need.

5. The Vietnam War, Dr. King believed, took away effort and money from the war on ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dr. King feel about the current state of the Civil Rights movement during the interview on Meet the Press?

2. What are some of the issues that the poor have to deal with in their everyday lives, according to Dr. King?

3. What did Dr. King feel about the impact of nonviolence on white supremacists, though Malcolm X did not necessarily agree?

4. How might soft-minded people be described, according to Dr. King in his book, THE STRENGTH TO LOVE?

5. What were the three revolutions that Dr. King saw happening around him, revolutions that people were sleeping through?

6. Why was nonviolent action considered to be imperative to Dr. King at this point in time?

7. Why was the right to vote for African Americans feared by racist Southern leaders, according to Dr. King?

8. How did many states respond to the rule that prevented the allowance of the separate but equal doctrine?

9. Why were Dr. King and his wife, Coretta, not subject to segregation much in their lives before the movement?

10. How could the marchers in the march from Selma to Montgomery be described at this point?

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