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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the things that Dr. King endured during his time in the Civil Rights movement?

2. Who receives parity, subsides and incentives when they are in the world, according to Dr. King?

3. One of the many wonders of the boycott and the nonviolent actions was the joining of many local __________ communities.

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

5. _____________ is a negative situation that only eliminates exclusion among people, according to Dr. King.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. According to Dr. King, who needed to actively participate in creating a nation where civil rights were a reality for all people?

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

7. Where were some of the problems that people in the ghetto were facing on a near daily basis?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Groups like the Ku Klux Klan began to form in order to oppose the rights of African Americans.

Part 1: Why do you think hate groups spring up in society?

Part 2: Do you think that hate groups have as much a right to freedom of speech as anyone else? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think hate groups, like the KKK, should be handled?

Essay Topic 2

Dr. King seemed to think that suffering was a part of the process when you want to succeed in a cause.

Part 1: Do you think suffering is necessary in life? Why or why not?

Part 2: Can a cause ever be fought for without any suffering? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you think that Dr. King wanted to suffer to make his cause seem all the more important? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Dr. King brings up the idea that there are just laws and unjust laws which may or may not be obeyed.

Part 1: How would you define the idea of a just law? Why?

Part 2: How would you define the idea of an unjust law? Why?

Part 3: Do you think a person has the right to decide which laws are okay to follow and each are not? Why or why not?

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