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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Dr. King deliver his most historic and controversial statement tying the war and the Civil Rights Movement together?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) New York City.

2. What must people of oppression accumulate to realize deliverance?
(a) The consciousness of a problem.
(b) The power to enforce change.
(c) The heart to want change.
(d) The right to enforce change.

3. In 1964, what party was refused a seat by the Democratic National Convention?
(a) Democratic Party Representing Minorities of America.
(b) African American Republican Party.
(c) Whigs.
(d) Mississippi Freedom Party.

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

5. What was the ethnicity of the people who attended the anti-war demonstration that Dr. King led?
(a) Black only.
(b) White only.
(c) Black and white.
(d) Hispanic, black, and white.

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

7. What work did Dr. King publish, according to Chapter 11 ("I Have A Dream"), when he was considered the "prophet of the hour"?
(a) "What Is Your Life's Blueprint?"
(b) "I've Been to the Mountaintop."
(c) "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life."
(d) "Why We Can't Wait."

8. How many people attended Dr. King's first anti-war demonstration?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) More than 5,000.
(d) 1,000.

9. What street did Dr. King live on while growing up and while his father was pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church?
(a) Auburn Avenue.
(b) Hunter Drive.
(c) North Drive.
(d) Platter Avenue.

10. At what church did Dr. King deliver his most historic and controversial statement tying the war and the Civil Rights Movement together?
(a) Wanderings Church.
(b) First Baptist Church.
(c) Riverside Church.
(d) Morningside Baptist Church.

11. What was Stokely Carmichael's slogan in gaining the presidency of the SNCC on May 16, 1966?
(a) "Freedom, Freedom, Freedom."
(b) "Equality Equals Nonviolent Means."
(c) "Black Power."
(d) "We will not back down."

12. Who was sworn into the presidency following the assassination of JFK?
(a) Gerald R. Ford.
(b) Richard M. Nixon.
(c) Lyndon Johnson.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

13. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what is the "nettlesome task of Negros" today?
(a) How to organize their strength.
(b) How to show their importance.
(c) How to tell their story.
(d) How to prove that there is a need for change.

14. On what date was the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 signed?
(a) June 12.
(b) June 7.
(c) July 4.
(d) July 2.

15. On what date did Dr. King accept his Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) December 10, 1964.
(b) January 30, 1964.
(c) October 16, 1964.
(d) June 11, 1964.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Martin Luther King, Sr.'s, nickname?

2. Despite the Civil Rights Act of 1964, what were African Americans still denied in some parts of the South?

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

4. On what date did Dr. King give the sermon from Chapter 19: "The Drum Major Instinct" at Ebenezer Baptist Church?

5. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what do the powerless never experience?

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