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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. Politicians were needed who would stand up for issues and build and strengthen ___________ between African Americans.

2. _________, Alabama was the most violent, ruthless place in which Dr. King and others attempted to gain justice and equity.

3. Those who advocated ________________ did not have the support of the majority of African Americans.

4. ____________, Dr. King believed, would necessarily include an integration of power for all.

5. The greatest tragedy of this battle for the integration of African Americans and whites was the denial of __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was an important part of African American financial and economic power at the time?

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

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

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

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

6. What were the weapons used during the conflict against the brutality of Bull Connor?

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

8. Who did Dr. King think that the four murdered girls spoke to in their deaths?

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

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

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

Stereotypes seem to help to keep racism in place, but when they are struck down, then change can happen.

Part 1: Why do you think people have stereotypes of other groups?

Part 2: Do you think that you stereotype people before you get to know them? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think you are stereotyped today? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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