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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. Before the March, there were leaks from the FBI claiming that the March was being fueled by whom?

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

3. Where did a bomb explode in January?

4. Which university had the front doors blocked to keep several black students from registering?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What racial discrimination did King face at Crozer?

7. What did John and Robert Kennedy do for King? How did this come about?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the relationship between King and Abernathy. Compare and contrast the men and their ideas about the Civil Rights Movement. Did any tensions exist between the men? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What was Bloody Sunday? What happened during this demonstration? How did King become involved in the situation? What did King and the others plan and how did this turn out?

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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