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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 did King marry?

2. Who was the most important person in King's life as a child?

3. King was accused of what by the state of Alabama?

4. Who was discovered to have been sent to Montgomery by a New York organization?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the March on Washington?

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

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

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

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

8. What racial discrimination did King face at Crozer?

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

10. What happened during King's trial? How did King feel about this?

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 personal challenges did King face during the movement? How was the FBI involved in this? Do you think King's personal struggles influenced his leadership? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What was The Meredith March? Who started this march? What happened during the march? What happened after the march resumed? What obstacles did the marchers face?

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