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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. In what state was the governor fighting integration of a high school?

2. Who filed a federal court case that would challenge bus segregation head-on?

3. On February 1, 1960, how many students staged a sit-in at a lunch counter in Greensboro?

4. King announced that the Crusade for Citizenship would hold how many rallies simultaneously?

5. Why did negotiations fail with the city officials?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Stanley Levison? Why was the Kennedy campaign growing more concerned about King?

3. What was the Freedom Ride? What were the results?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What was the Montgomery Improvement Association? What were its aims?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What was King's relationship like with the Presidents? What did Kennedy advise King about? Did King listen to Kennedy? How did King feel that Administrations were doing with Civil Rights?

Essay Topic 3

How did King's focus shift toward the end of his life? Who did he want to include in the movement? Why? How did others feel about this shift in focus?

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