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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The focus of the Birmingham protests was on what?
(a) Department stores.
(b) A bus station.
(c) A Baptist church.
(d) The courthouse.

2. Why did a riot break out?
(a) The city went back on its agreement.
(b) The bombs killed 35 people.
(c) The state troopers had moved from the site of the bombings.
(d) Whites attacked several blacks on the way to church.

3. The white merchants resisted what aim?
(a) Desegregating the city government.
(b) Desegregating the retail stores.
(c) The formation of a biracial committee.
(d) Having fair hiring practices in the retail stores.

4. What was the turnout like at the March to Washington?
(a) It was less than expectations.
(b) It was much less than expectations.
(c) It met expectations.
(d) It exceeded expectations.

5. Robert Kennedy got a federal injunction against which group to keep them from harassing the bus riders?
(a) The Masons.
(b) The SCLC.
(c) The Nazi Party.
(d) The KKK.

Short Answer Questions

1. King announced that a Second Emancipation Proclamation would be delivered where?

2. Who did King speak with about the bombing, suggesting that a strong stand needed to be taken?

3. Where did a bomb explode in January?

4. What presidency did King turn down due to church and family responsibilities?

5. Why did the Freedom Riders feel disappointed in King?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the white merchants do in Birmingham after the protests began?

2. What happened in King and Abernathy's trial in Albany? Why did they not serve the full sentence?

3. How did the city officials in Albany respond to the protests and boycotts?

4. What occurred in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960? How did King become involved?

5. Why was there a rivalry between SNCC and NAACP? Describe how this affected the actions of the groups.

6. What was King accused of when he returned to Atlanta from North Carolina? How did he and his supporters react?

7. What was the March on Washington?

8. What was the Crusade for Citizenship? Who was not happy about this?

9. Who was Rosa Parks? What was her connection to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

10. What happened at Birmingham's Bethel Baptist Church? What did King do about this?

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