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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. Dr. King compared the struggled of the Civil Rights movement to the struggle of the ____________ movement.

2. Using the _________, Dr. King taught courage, love, overcoming fear, and the love of God as a means to grow and prepare for challenges.

3. Dr. King believed there was a _________ need to overcome violence without using aggression and domination.

4. What was the name of Dr. King's wife, as told to readers in his autobiography of sorts?

5. Black young men were fighting and dying in wars for ____________ they could not get when they were back home.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dr. King think would happen in society as a result of integration, according to his last conversation?

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

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

4. What did Dr. King feel that the African American people still needed in order to move forward?

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

6. What did Dr. King feel it was an honor to be called, even though he didn't feel himself to be this way?

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

8. How did the Vietnam War hurt African American men more, according to the thoughts of Dr. King?

9. What did Dr. King feel the similarities between the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement were?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The government needs to be a part of the process in order to create social change, yet it seems to try to stay out of the way in many cases.

Part 1: What benefits will having a supportive government have on a social movement?

Part 2: Do you think that the government needs to be involved in order fro social change to happen? Why or why not?

Part 3: Why do you think the government tries to stay out of the way of social causes and movements?

Essay Topic 2

Nonviolence arouses a sense of shame and builds reconciliation and redemption in society.

Part 1: Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?

Part 2: Do you think that shame leads to reconciliation in other situations? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think shame could be introduced without the use of nonviolence? Or can't it?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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