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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. In 1964, what party was refused a seat by the Democratic National Convention?

2. According to the footnotes on Chapter 20: "I See the Promise Land," who is Judge Hooks?

3. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what is the goal of a relationship with the government for African Americans?

4. What was the name of the 37-year-old NAACP field secretary murdered on his front porch on June 12, 1963?

5. According to Chapter 19: "The Drum Major Instinct," what were considered the religious parents of the African American culture?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Martin Luther King, Jr., claim needed to be done to begin America's extraction from the war in Vietnam?

2. 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?

3. In 1967, as summarized in the introduction of Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here?," Martin Luther King, Jr., felt caught between two distinct groups for very different reasons. Who did King feel caught between and why?

4. In King's speech "Where Do We Go From Here?," what did King mean by "as long as a mind is enslaved, the body can never be free"?

5. According to King's speech "A Time to Break Silence," who was the most "vicious modern dictator"?

6. According to the summary in Chapter 19: "The Drum Major Instinct," what was the importance of the black church in the African American culture?

7. According to King's speech "I Have A Dream," the song "America" needed to be sung, and believed, by all that sang it. Name three things that King wanted freedom to ring from.

8. In King's speech "Where Do We Go From Here?", what did Martin Luther King, Jr., claim was the creed of the Negro's self-affirmation?

9. In his speech "Where Do We Go From Here?", Martin Luther King, Jr. stated that the United States mishandled money in regard to its own people. According to King, how did the United States misappropriate funds?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the violent acts of the Civil Rights Movement were described without much detail. Explain why the specific details of these acts were left out of the book. Why do these omissions support the overall theme of "I Have A Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World"? How would the inclusion of the details take away from the power of the novel?

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

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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