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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. Dissenters and protesters need work toward the health of the _________ of America.

2. After two months, the Kennedy administration sent in ___________ to mediate between the city leaders, merchants, and the African American leaders.

3. Dr. King accepted the label of ___________, claiming that this sort of nonviolence was powerful and just.

4. ___________ is positive and necessary as a call to develop political and economical goals.

5. How many little girls were killed at the bombing at the Sunday School?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the tool that brought a hope for integration, rather than the ideals that Black Power purported?

4. What happened to the North, even as the South and its African American population began to gain respect?

5. What did Dr. King accuse American presidents of in terms of their willingness to participate in the human rights movement?

6. What did Dr. King feel would help an African American be lifted to the same level as the rest of America?

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

8. What did Dr. King want his children to be judged based on, as opposed to the color of their skin?

9. What movement did Dr. King use as a comparison to the current Civil Rights movement society was facing?

10. Where does peace come from, according to Dr. King in his Christmas sermon on peace?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Students began to get involved in the protests as well, allowing them to see that they were agents of change.

Part 1: Why do you think it was important for students to get active in the Civil Rights Movement?

Part 2: Do you think the Civil Rights Movement would have been a success had the students not gotten involved? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think society's views change when younger people get involved in social issues?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Dr. King and Malcolm X had two completely different ways, it seems, to look at the way to fight for black rights.

Part 1: Why do you think Malcolm X doesn't agree with the way that Dr. King ran his movement?

Part 2: Do you think that Malcolm X has valid points in terms of pointing out the weaknesses of Dr. King's crusade?

Part 3: Who do you think has a better plan for civil rights? Malcolm X or Dr. King? Why?

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