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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. 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.

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

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. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what do the powerless never experience?
(a) Commonality.
(b) Life.
(c) Opportunity.
(d) Strength.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What quote from a civil rights hymn did President Johnson quote before a joint session of Congress in 1965?

2. Why were Western nations uncomfortable with the USSR?

3. What kind of testing was banned on February 4, 1965, used to deny rights to vote?

4. Why did Dr. King admit that he felt depressed prior to giving the speech in Chapter 20: "I See the Promise Land"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did King, in his speech "A Time to Break Silence," claim the Vietnamese watched Americans do during the Vietnam War?

2. What were the circumstances that surrounded King's "Eulogy for the Martyred Children"?

3. In King's speech "Where Do We Go From Here?", why did Martin Luther King, Jr., claim that the Negro had been "confined to the life of voicelessness and powerlessness"?

4. In "A Time to Break Silence," what did King claim was the irony behind the war in Vietnam?

5. According to King's speech "Where Do We Go From Here?", what is the only answer to mankind's problems?

6. What was the reasoning behind King's speech on March 25, 1967?

7. During the delivery of King's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in 1964, what were three of the eight "beliefs" King spoke of?

8. 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"?

9. In 1967, as summarized in the introduction of Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here?," Martin Luther King, Jr., felt caught between two distinct groups for very different reasons. Who did King feel caught between and why?

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

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