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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 did the package delivered to the King home contain?

2. Bevel convinced King that the focus in Chicago should shift from segregation to what?

3. A picture appeared in national newspapers showing what, which spread word of the violence in Selma?

4. CCCO staged a march that ended in how many arrests?

5. King's vacation to Puerto Rico was interrupted by news of what event?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did King agree to suspend all demonstrations in St. Augustine? What did he learn after doing this?

2. Following the protests in Selma, what other avenues to desegregation did the SCLC discuss? What did King share with the SCLC at this meeting?

3. Where did riots break out? What did King say caused the riots?

4. How did King feel about the war in Vietnam? How did he become involved in the debate over the war? What reaction did people have to this?

5. What did the SCLC turn their attention to in Chicago? What programs did it implement?

6. Which city was chosen as the next venue for SCLC demonstrations? Why was it chosen as a site for demonstrations?

7. What did Hoover tell reporters? How did King react? What effect did the rumors have?

8. What did King's wife receive? How did King feel about this?

9. What organizational and political struggles did King face after Kennedy's death?

10. Activists in which city approached King about helping them with their boycotts and demonstrations? What was the situation in this city?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why were the FBI investigating King? How did the FBI investigate King? How did King feel about this? What effect did the investigation have on King and the movement?

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 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?

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