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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are attempts to attack laws and customs that prohibited African Americans from eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians called?

2. At some points, how did Dr. King help to keep the SCLC's cash flow problems from shutting down due to financial ruin?

3. When did the President remove the National Guard troops from the high school in Arkansas?

4. What laws did African American interstate travelers ignore during their public transportation across state lines?

5. Where was Martin Luther King, Jr., ordained to the Christian ministry?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," what were blacks asking for as part of the "southern pattern"?

2. What happened on December 1, 1955, to initiate the forward movement of the Civil Rights Movement?

3. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were the problems associated with the shift from rural to urban life for African Americans?

4. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," why is racial injustice a national, and not a sectional, problem?

5. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did the denial of the right to vote do to African Americans?

6. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," how are the extreme race relations of the South explained?

7. What was ironic about King's entry into the Crozer Theological Seminary in September of 1948?

8. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did the march demonstrate to him?

9. What were the reasons that King's trip to India kept getting put off?

10. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," why should new graduates become dedicated fighters for civil rights?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dr. King was adamant about fighting for civil rights in a non-violent way. On the other hand, Robert Williams (Chapter 6; local president of the NAACP) choose violence as the way to freedom. Compare and contrast the non-violent and violent acts and their ability to work/or not towards the cause.

Essay Topic 2

Martin Luther King, Jr.. was influenced by Mohandas Gandhi. In what ways did Gandhi directly influence Dr. King and the way he choose to fight for civil rights?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the sermons/speeches used for I Have A Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World. Discuss the importance of the sermon/speech's inclusion. Why is it important to have this speech/sermon serving as part of the whole? Why did you choose this sermon/speech as the most important of the text?

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