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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. Who was chosen as the organizational president?

2. What fine did King receive in the state boycott trial?

3. Who made a speech on the day before the march that upset the White House?

4. What did King want the Kennedy Administration to issue?

5. What was King's tour called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the first meeting like about the bus boycott? Why was it like this?

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

3. What changes did King make in his life?

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

5. What racial discrimination did King face at Crozer?

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

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

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

9. Who was Rosa Parks? What was her connection to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

10. What happened to King in New York?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the SCLC? How did this organization begin? What role did King play in this movement? How did the movement influence the Civil Rights Movement?

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

How did local cities and towns handle the demonstrations and boycotts by the Civil Rights Movement? What actions did they take? Do you think cities should have reacted the way that they did? Why or why not?

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