Bearing the Cross Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

David Garrow
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Bearing the Cross Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

David Garrow
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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. Sherrod and Reagon moved their base of operations to which city?
(a) Selma.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Albany.
(d) Montgomery.

2. Why did negotiations fail with the city officials?
(a) They refused to set up a biracial committee.
(b) They refused to stop using fire hoses on protesters.
(c) They refused to drop the charges against the protesters.
(d) They refused to desegregate the city government.

3. Who advised King to distance himself from Levison?
(a) Ralph Abernathy.
(b) Coretta Scott King.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) Richard Nixon.

4. Who did King speak with about the bombing, suggesting that a strong stand needed to be taken?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Stanley Levison.
(c) The mayor of Selma.
(d) The President.

5. Who was hired to oversee the Crusade for Citizenship rallies, but then let go because of rumors of his homosexuality and communist connections?
(a) Bayard Rustin.
(b) Ralph Abernathy.
(c) Rocco Siciliano.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was one of the demands that MIA made of the city?

3. The four major Civil Rights organizations joined together to create what organization?

4. What happened on the night that the settlement with the city was reached?

5. Who went with King to meet with Nixon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How many rallies did King announce for the voter registration? What was the outcome of these rallies?

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

6. Why did activists see Albany as a good place to fight racial inequality?

7. Why did the protests in Birmingham not get off to the start that King wanted?

8. What did Connor do to shop the marchers in Birmingham? How did the marchers respond?

9. Why was King sentenced to four months in jail?

10. How did the city of Montgomery react to the bus boycott?

(see the answer keys)

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