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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many federal marshals were dispatched by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy?
(a) 200.
(b) 400.
(c) 600.
(d) 500.
2. When did the President remove the National Guard troops from the high school in Arkansas?
(a) May 8, 1958.
(b) August 9, 1957.
(c) May 19, 1957.
(d) December 1, 1955.
3. Who was the cause of Dr. King's injury on September 20, 1958?
(a) A black woman.
(b) A black man.
(c) A white man.
(d) A white woman.
4. On what date did the head of the Nation of Islam call upon African Americans to form a state of their own?
(a) July 31, 1960.
(b) December 5, 1960.
(c) July 4, 1960.
(d) January 1, 1960.
5. What city in Tennessee had a race riot on February 23, 1960?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Chattanooga.
(d) Bristol.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did Dr. King submit his resignation as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
2. What date did the Montgomery buses become integrated?
3. Where did Dr. King attend college during his undergraduate studies?
4. In Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech, what does King say all Americans hold that is signed by the founders of the United States?
5. On what date was interstate traveling first challenged by an African American?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Rosa Parks was asked why she did not move from her seat on the bus, what did she answer?
2. What happened on December 5, 1955?
3. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," why should new graduates become dedicated fighters for civil rights?
4. What were the reasons that King's trip to India kept getting put off?
5. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what is the primary reason for bringing an end to racial discrimination?
6. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what would "this generation" not take?
7. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," why was it difficult for young people to realize the effectiveness of nonviolence in the Civil Rights Movement?
8. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," why is racial injustice a national, and not a sectional, problem?
9. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did King describe as "the face of the future"?
10. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were the successful precedents that showed that civil rights could be obtained peacefully?
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