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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. Why was their a rivalry between SNCC and the NAACP?

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

3. The first federal Civil Rights Act did what?

4. Who took King's place as the president of MIA?

5. What did people blame King for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s background like? What was his family like?

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

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

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

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

9. What happened during King's trial? How did King feel 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 SNCC? How did this organization differ from some of the other civil rights organizations involved in the movement? What was the role of SNCC in the movement? What activities did the organization use?

Essay Topic 2

Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.? What was his background? How did he become involved in the Civil Rights Movement? What did King contribute to the movement?

Essay Topic 3

What was the second March on Washington called? How was King's focus shifting by the time of this demonstration? Why do you think this shift was occurring?

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