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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. Who introduced Dr. King for his last and final sermon?
(a) Ralph Abernathy.
(b) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(c) Michael Schwerner.
(d) Stokely Carmichael.

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

3. 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 North and South Carolina.
(c) Universities of Florida and Louisiana.
(d) Universities of Georgia and Ohio.

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

5. On what date was the church bombed that killed the little girls where Dr. King delivered the funeral sermon?
(a) September 15, 1963.
(b) December 5, 1955.
(c) October 17, 1960.
(d) June 17, 1956.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the ethnicity of the people who attended the anti-war demonstration that Dr. King led?

2. During the Cold War, what were civil rights activists accused of being?

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

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

5. What memorial was the background for Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the summary in the introduction of Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here?", what were the circumstances that surrounded King's last and most radical address to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference presidential address?

2. Martin Luther King, Jr., stated five dreams during his "I Have A Dream" speech. What were three of his "dreams"?

3. According to King's speech "A Time to Break Silence," who was the most "vicious modern dictator"?

4. According to the summary in Chapter 19: "The Drum Major Instinct," what was the importance of the black church in the African American culture?

5. According to King's speech "I Have A Dream," the song "America" needed to be sung, and believed, by all that sang it. Name three things that King wanted freedom to ring from.

6. Why did Martin Luther King, Jr., describe Americans as "strange liberators" in "A Time to Break Silence"?

7. Describe the circumstances surrounding King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

8. Why did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference make their motto "To save the soul of America"?

9. What prompted the Nobel Peace Prize committee to search for the "greatest apostle of peace" in 1964?

10. According to King's speech "I Have A Dream," who should be able to allow freedom to ring? Who did King include when he named the groups that should be allowed to "let freedom ring"?

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