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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. On what date was President John F. Kennedy assassinated?
2. What publication printed Dr. King's most historic and controversial address tying the war and the Civil Rights Movement together?
3. What did President Eisenhower claim encouraged American military involvement around the globe?
4. According to Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here," what did political rightists accuse Dr. King?
5. When did Dr. King speak publicly in an anti-war demonstration?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did political rightists, described in the introduction of Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here?," claim that Martin Luther King, Jr., was unpatriotic?
2. In King's speech "Black Power Defined," King declared that the "economic highway to power has few entry lanes for Negroes." How did he explain the meaning behind this statement?
3. According to King's speech "Where Do We Go From Here?", what is the only answer to mankind's problems?
4. What were the circumstances that surrounded King's "Eulogy for the Martyred Children"?
5. During the delivery of King's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in 1964, what were three of the eight "beliefs" King spoke of?
6. What did Martin Luther King, Jr., claim to be ironic about America's tension with the National Liberation Front?
7. Why did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference make their motto "To save the soul of America"?
8. During the delivery of King's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in 1964, he declared some "refusals." What were the two refusals that King put forth during his speech?
9. According the introduction of Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here?", what happened in the United States during the Cold War to upset the Civil Rights Movement?
10. 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"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The "Freedom Movement" included many "ins." Discuss the "ins" used in the "Freedom Movement." What was the importance of the "ins" from the "Freedom Movement"? What purpose did the "ins" serve? What did the "ins" prove? What was the effectiveness of the "ins"?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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