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

2. King taped the list of demands to a door where?

3. What did the highway patrol want the marchers do to?

4. What was added to the activities in Chicago?

5. The Chicago Project Breadbasket would be run by whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did King and the others do to increase the pressure on officials in Selma? Were these actions a success?

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

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

5. What was the Coordinating Committee of Community Organizations? Where was this group located?

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

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

8. What occurred during the Chicago marches? What did city officials do?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the tensions that existed in the Civil Rights Movement. This may include tensions between organizations and between people. Why do you think these tensions existed? How were they handled? Would you have done anything differently?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What was SNCC? How did this organization differ from some of the other civil rights organizations involved in the movement? What was the role of SNCC in the movement? What activities did the organization use?

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