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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. King planned a march to which city?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Seattle.
2. How long was King sentenced to jail for violating his probation?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 4 months.
3. The four major Civil Rights organizations joined together to create what organization?
(a) Freedom Riders Project.
(b) Southern Racism Project.
(c) US Justice Project.
(d) Voter Education Project.
4. What happened on the night that the settlement with the city was reached?
(a) An activist's home and a hotel were bombed.
(b) The White House told King to back off.
(c) Abernathy was killed.
(d) The KKK arrived to protest.
5. What happened to King at a book signing in New York?
(a) He met the President.
(b) He received the Nobel Peace Prize.
(c) He was stabbed.
(d) The store was bombed..
Short Answer Questions
1. The bus trip from Washington to New Orleans by an integrated group of students was known as what?
2. At the meeting with Kennedy, the President told King to distance himself from whom?
3. Who came to the attention of the FBI at the Youth March for Integrated Schools?
4. The focus of the Birmingham protests was on what?
5. King's sentence was suspended on what condition?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s background like? What was his family like?
2. Why did Kennedy refuse to meet with King? How did the Kennedy Administration feel about the planned march in Washington?
3. What did Connor do to shop the marchers in Birmingham? How did the marchers respond?
4. What did John and Robert Kennedy do for King? How did this come about?
5. Why was King sentenced to four months in jail?
6. Why was there a rivalry between SNCC and NAACP? Describe how this affected the actions of the groups.
7. Why did activists see Albany as a good place to fight racial inequality?
8. What were the aims of the demonstrations in Birmingham?
9. What happened at Birmingham's Bethel Baptist Church? What did King do about this?
10. What did the white merchants do in Birmingham after the protests began?
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