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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. During what years did participation by African American churches in American public life surge?
2. What was the name of the high school that nine black children attended under surveillance of federal troops, in Arkansas?
3. What group organized the first integrated group of interstate travelers?
4. What president ordered federal marshals dispatched by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy?
5. What was James Farmer's position with CORE?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," why should new graduates become dedicated fighters for civil rights?
3. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," there were eight descriptions of the "New Negro." What were three of the eight of the descriptions?
4. When Rosa Parks was asked why she did not move from her seat on the bus, what did she answer?
5. What happened on December 5, 1955?
6. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," why did many black men lose their self-respect?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did the denial of the right to vote do to African Americans?
10. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," what were blacks asking for as part of the "southern pattern"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Some may come to misunderstand the collaboration of a movement that pursues inclusion (the Civil Rights Movement) while celebrating individuality of a race (The Black Power Movement). Examine how these two "movements" can live in harmony even though they, by definition, are very different. Discuss the different attributes of each movement and their similarities. How do their differences speak to their ability to be cohesive?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the importance of Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and their association with the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. How did each action affect the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the importance of the location of the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, involvement. Would Martin Luther King, Jr., been as involved in the movement if it was not central to his community? Why do you believe this?
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