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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who began to question President Eisenhower's commitment to more troops in Vietnam?
(a) People in the military.
(b) People of conscience.
(c) People of color.
(d) People outside the United States.

2. What percentage of African Americans registered in Alabama voted in Alabama's Democratic Primary?
(a) Over 80 percent.
(b) Over 95 percent.
(c) 50 percent.
(d) 20 percent.

3. Where did Dr. King accept his Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Halmstad, Sweden.
(c) Madrid, Spain.
(d) Oslo, Norway.

4. What did President Eisenhower claim encouraged American military involvement around the globe?
(a) A "military-industrial complex."
(b) A "military formed by the different."
(c) A "military that cared about the nation."
(d) A "military financed by the people."

5. What year was considered a momentous year in American history and in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1955.

6. Who was murdered on February 21, 1965, in New York City?
(a) Phoolan Devi.
(b) Michael Schwerner.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) James Chaney.

7. Who claimed that the victims of the American military were often people of color?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Dr. King.
(c) W.E.B. DuBois.
(d) President Eisenhower.

8. What is the name of one of the African American leaders that argued for the African American need for self-respect and self-help?
(a) Jonathon Swift.
(b) Ella Fitzgerald.
(c) Michael Schwerner.
(d) Marcus Garvey.

9. What did Dr. King's article from Chapter 17: "Black Power Defined" discuss?
(a) African American men and their role in the family.
(b) African Americans in the war.
(c) African American nationalism being embraced by the black community.
(d) African Americans' need to vote.

10. Why did the West fear the USSR?
(a) Because of the fear of the re-establishment of slavery.
(b) Because of the possible spread of communism throughout the world.
(c) Because of the influence of the USSR's leaders throughout the world.
(d) Because of the use of communistic law.

11. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what do the powerless never experience?
(a) Opportunity.
(b) Commonality.
(c) Life.
(d) Strength.

12. When did the war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union begin and end?
(a) 1955-2000.
(b) 1909-1913.
(c) 1960-1970.
(d) 1945-1987.

13. What was the name of the police chief who ordered his officers to turn hoses on demonstrators during the registration of black students at its state university?
(a) Thomas Byrnes.
(b) William J. Bratton.
(c) William Plinkerton.
(d) "Bull" Connor.

14. According to the footnotes on Chapter 20: "I See the Promise Land," who is Judge Hooks?
(a) Dr. Arthur Hooks.
(b) Reverend Thomas Hooks.
(c) Reverend Dr. Benjamin Hooks.
(d) Dr. Terrance Hooks.

15. When did the demonstrations in Selma, Alabama, reach their worst problems?
(a) April 1 and 4, 1967.
(b) February 1 and 4, 1965.
(c) June 1 and 4, 1968.
(d) March 1 and 4, 1966.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who published Dr. King's book Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?

2. According to Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here," what "spawned" the Cold War?

3. According to Chapter 19: "The Drum Major Instinct," what were considered the religious parents of the African American culture?

4. What was the name of the 37-year-old NAACP field secretary murdered on his front porch on June 12, 1963?

5. According to the footnotes on Chapter 20: "I See the Promise Land," what position did Judge Hooks hold in the NAACP?

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