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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 was the first march to the bridge nicknamed?

2. King demanded that Birmingham hire how many black police officers?

3. How did King feel about the agreement in Chicago?

4. What illnesses did King suffer from in the summer of 1965?

5. The grand jury in St. Augustine said they would agree to form a biracial committee after the Civil Rights activists did what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the Meredith March after Meredith was shot?

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

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

4. What did King and the SCLC do in Chicago that caused an uproar in the press? Why did they do this?

5. What obstacles did King and the others face during the Meredith March? How did they handle these obstacles?

6. What was Bloody Sunday? Describe this event.

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

8. What did King demand of the city of Birmingham? What happened?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 March on Washington? What were the aims of this demonstration? What famous aspect of the Civil Rights Movement occurred during this demonstration? Was the march a success? Why or why not?

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