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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. What organizations did the students form out of the lunch counter sit-ins?

2. The white merchants resisted what aim?

3. Robert Kennedy got a federal injunction against which group to keep them from harassing the bus riders?

4. Where was King when a grand jury began handing out indictments against MIA leaders for breaking laws against unlawful boycotts?

5. King's sentence was suspended on what condition?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to King in New York?

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

3. What racial discrimination did King face at Crozer?

4. What were the aims of the demonstrations in Birmingham?

5. Why did Kennedy refuse to meet with King? How did the Kennedy Administration feel about the planned march in Washington?

6. What was Wilkins concerned about when King met with him?

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

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

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

10. In August, King was arrested. Why was he arrested? What effects did the arrest have?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the Vietnam War influence the Civil Rights Movement? How did King feel about the war? Why did he believe that the war contributed to the riots in the US in the 1960s?

Essay Topic 2

What was the Civil Rights Movement? What goals did the movement have? Was the movement successful in reaching these goals? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What was Bloody Sunday? What happened during this demonstration? How did King become involved in the situation? What did King and the others plan and how did this turn out?

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