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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. Segregation on the city buses officially ended when?

2. King became the assistant pastor at what church?

3. When King was pulled over while driving, what did he not have?

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

5. What organization removed King from office?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What racial discrimination did King face at Crozer?

10. What was the March on Washington?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe the tensions that existed in the Civil Rights Movement. This may include tensions between organizations and between people. Why do you think these tensions existed? How were they handled? Would you have done anything differently?

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