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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. King was stabbed while in which city?

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

3. Who went with King to meet with Nixon?

4. Who was hired to oversee the Crusade for Citizenship rallies, but then let go because of rumors of his homosexuality and communist connections?

5. What was King's tour called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the March on Washington?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What was King accused of when he returned to Atlanta from North Carolina? How did he and his supporters react?

10. What racial discrimination did King face at Crozer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 King's relationship like with the Presidents? What did Kennedy advise King about? Did King listen to Kennedy? How did King feel that Administrations were doing with Civil Rights?

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