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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 was the second march supporting racial desegregation held in Washington, D.C.?

2. On what date did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus?

3. What does NUL stand for?

4. What movement involved civil rights activists who sought to challenge religious segregation?

5. What did Dr. King plead with Americans not to default upon during his "I Have A Dream" speech?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," there were eight descriptions of the "New Negro." What were three of the eight of the descriptions?

5. 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?

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

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

8. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," why had some African Americans become cynical and disillusioned?

9. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," why did the young blacks need to begin to look at their future in a different light?

10. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were second-class methods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dr. King was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. The Nobel Peace Prize committee looked for the "greatest apostle of peace." Use evidence from I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World to support the Nobel Peace Prize committee's decision to honor Dr. King with the award and title "greatest apostle of peace."

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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