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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. When did the African nation of Ghana acquire its independence from British rule?
2. What did the civil rights bill, signed on September 9, 1957, establish?
3. What was the date of James Farmer's trip from Washington, D.C., to the South?
4. When associated with the Civil Rights Movement, what did demonstrators consider their arrests?
5. What group organized the first integrated group of interstate travelers?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened on December 5, 1955?
2. 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?
3. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what would have happened in the United States if the country were to gain three million "southern Negro" votes?
4. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what is the primary reason for bringing an end to racial discrimination?
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 "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," how did the African American's awareness of the struggle for freedom in a worldwide realm help to account for a new sense of dignity?
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. What were the three reasons that blacks gave when asked why they did not expect the Montgomery Bus Boycott to succeed?
9. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were second-class methods?
10. In Chapter 4: "My Trip To the Land of Gandhi," Martin Luther King, Jr., described his fascination for India. Why did King hold a fascination for India?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Dr. King asked a student (from Chapter 9: "The Time For Freedom Has Come") to find a quotation that expressed his feelings regard the African American struggle. This was the quote:
"I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see,
I sought my God, but he eluded me,
I sought my brother, and I found all three."
Describe how this student's quote reveals the effort behind the Civil Rights Movement. What does the quote mean? How does it speak to the movement itself? How does the quote embody a movement that requires solidarity?
Essay Topic 2
Martin Luther King, Jr., wanted all African Americans to be able to sing "America" (My Country 'tis of Thee) and have it be true for them in the literal sense. (From Chapter 2: "Facing the Challenge of a New Age") According to Martin Luther King, Jr., what needed to happen for African Americans to be able to sing "America" and hold it true in their hearts?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Martin Luther King, Jr.'s motivation for participating in the Civil Rights Movement. Why did he find it necessary to take on such a major role in the movement? How did he qualify as the leader of such a movement?
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