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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. According to Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here," what "spawned" the Cold War?
(a) Need for power.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Mutual fear and hostility.
(d) Mild disagreements.

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

10. What was the name of the 37-year-old NAACP field secretary murdered on his front porch on June 12, 1963?
(a) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(b) Medgar Evans.
(c) William Pickens.
(d) Robert Bagnall.

11. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what do the "powerful" never lose?
(a) War.
(b) Chances.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Opportunities.

12. What were Dr. King's political sentiments?
(a) Democratic Socialist.
(b) Liberal Democrat.
(c) Liberal Republican.
(d) Republican Socialist.

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

14. At what meeting did Dr. King deliver his most historic and controversial statement tying the war and the Civil Rights Movement together?
(a) The meeting of the Clergy and Laity Concerned.
(b) Bed-In for Peace at Fairmont.
(c) The UN Charter.
(d) Living in Peace meeting.

15. When did W.E.B. DuBois die?
(a) August 27, 1963.
(b) October 18, 1964.
(c) June 24, 1957.
(d) June 11, 1964.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work did Dr. King publish, according to Chapter 11 ("I Have A Dream"), when he was considered the "prophet of the hour"?

2. When did Dr. King deliver his last, and greatest, sermon?

3. What was the name of the march during which Dr. King delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech?

4. What New York governor ordered the National Guard to restore order to Rochester after riots broke out on July 25, 1964?

5. On what date did Dr. King accept his Nobel Peace Prize?

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