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

2. King was arrested when he tried to attend the trial of whose assailant?

3. Who came to the attention of the FBI at the Youth March for Integrated Schools?

4. What SCLC program was to reach out more readily to the public?

5. The white merchants resisted what aim?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to King in New York?

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

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

4. Who was Rosa Parks? What was her connection to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

5. What racial discrimination did King face at Crozer?

6. What was the March on Washington?

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

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

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

10. Why did activists see Albany as a good place to fight racial inequality?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the SCLC? How did this organization begin? What role did King play in this movement? How did the movement influence the Civil Rights Movement?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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