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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. As King went to register at a local hotel, who attacked him?

2. How many girls were killed in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing?

3. Where was some of the worst police violence seen through 1964?

4. Where did King go after the Meredith March?

5. Which city did King want to focus attention on in the North?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was King arrested in St. Augustine? What was the result of the grand jury?

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

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

5. What did the federal Office of Education do in Chicago? How did this affect the movement?

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

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

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

9. What was King's new book about? What interruptions did he face in writing it? How was the book received?

10. What was Bloody Sunday? Describe this event.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How did King's focus shift toward the end of his life? Who did he want to include in the movement? Why? How did others feel about this shift in focus?

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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