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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. The protesters believed their actions and this love was inspired by _____________ as he called upon men to love one another.

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

3. Dr. King asked people around him to pray for peace and justice in the world as the Civil Rights movement was a __________ movement as well.

4. Dr. King remembers working with a group of gang members from the ___________ ghettos.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. After what two events did Governor Wallace declare his stubborn resistance to desegregation?

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

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

6. What was the greatest moral dilemma when it came to the crisis of race relations?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dr. King makes the point that nonviolence is not something for cowards.

Part 1: What do you think Dr. King means by this statement that nonviolence is not for cowards?

Part 2: Do you agree that nonviolence is not for cowards? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you think a coward could be a part of a nonviolent movement? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Many people who tried to create large changes in the world have been assassinated in their attempts to do so.

Part 1: Why do you think someone killed Dr. King?

Part 2: Why do you think great people are assassinated by others?

Part 3: Do you think that assassinating great leaders is the right way to hurt the cause? Or does their death help the cause?

Essay Topic 3

The right to vote was an important right to secure for the African American.

Part 1: Why do you think the right to vote was so important to secure?

Part 2: What do you think about your right to vote? Do you think about it at all?

Part 3: How do you think the country might be different if certain groups will still unable to vote because of race, gender, or religion?

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