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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Dr. King deliver his last SCLC presidential address?
(a) 16th Street Baptist Church.
(b) First Baptist Church.
(c) Ebenezer Baptist Church.
(d) Congressional Baptist Church.

3. In what year was Dr. King's book Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community published?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1969.

4. What kind of testing was banned on February 4, 1965, used to deny rights to vote?
(a) Hearing.
(b) Driving.
(c) Writing.
(d) Literacy.

5. 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) William Plinkerton.
(b) William J. Bratton.
(c) "Bull" Connor.
(d) Thomas Byrnes.

6. What was the name of the war primarily between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?
(a) The Cold Conflict.
(b) The Russian Conflict.
(c) The Cold War.
(d) The Russian-American War.

7. What church was bombed that led Dr. King to deliver a sermon at the funeral of the little girls killed during the bombing?
(a) First Baptist Church of Montgomery.
(b) Southern Baptist Church of Virginia.
(c) 16th Street Baptist Church.
(d) First Baptist Church.

8. What was the broad strategy of the Black Power Movement?
(a) Reclaiming of American land.
(b) African American solidarity.
(c) Educating whites on the power of African Americans.
(d) Equality of women.

9. Where did Dr. King deliver his last sermon?
(a) City Hall.
(b) A Masonic temple.
(c) Town square.
(d) A Baptist church.

10. What was the true goal of the Black Power Movement?
(a) For African Americans to be more conscious of their history and culture.
(b) To help African Americans become more "white."
(c) For African Americans to fight for their freedoms.
(d) To create a support circle to fight against the KKK.

11. During the Cold War, what were civil rights activists accused of being?
(a) Loyalists.
(b) Desperate.
(c) Unappreciative and un-American.
(d) Communists.

12. Despite opposition, what two universities did President John F. Kennedy authorize federal marshals to accompany black students to registration?
(a) Universities of Georgia and Ohio.
(b) Universities of Florida and Louisiana.
(c) Universities of North and South Carolina.
(d) Universities of Mississippi and Alabama.

13. Who did Dr. King go to help in Memphis, Tennessee, during a strike against unfair labor practices?
(a) African American farm workers.
(b) African American factory linesmen.
(c) African American sanitation workers.
(d) African American dock loaders.

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

15. 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) Ella Fitzgerald.
(b) Jonathon Swift.
(c) Marcus Garvey.
(d) Michael Schwerner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was the atom bombed dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

2. According to Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here," what did political leftists accuse Dr. King?

3. What two cities had riots erupt on July 18, 1964?

4. What must people of oppression accumulate to realize deliverance?

5. What did President Eisenhower claim encouraged American military involvement around the globe?

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