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

2. Where did King and his family move to?

3. King announced planned protests outside of what political event(s)?

4. King's sentence was suspended on what condition?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What changes did King make in his life?

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

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

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

6. Why was there a rivalry between SNCC and NAACP? Describe how this affected the actions of the groups.

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

8. In August, King was arrested. Why was he arrested? What effects did the arrest have?

9. What happened to King in New York?

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

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

What was the Civil Rights Movement? What goals did the movement have? Was the movement successful in reaching these goals? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What was the Freedom Ride? How did this demonstration begin? What happened during the demonstration? Why do you think these events happened? Was the demonstration a success? Why or why not?

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