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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 Dr. King deliver his last, and greatest, sermon?

2. What New York governor ordered the National Guard to restore order to Rochester after riots broke out on July 25, 1964?

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

4. What was the date that Dr. King delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech?

5. What was the ethnicity of the people who attended the anti-war demonstration that Dr. King led?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference make their motto "To save the soul of America"?

2. 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?

3. What did King, in his speech "A Time to Break Silence," claim the Vietnamese watched Americans do during the Vietnam War?

4. 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?

5. What was the reasoning behind King's speech on March 25, 1967?

6. 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?

7. Describe the circumstances surrounding King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

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

9. According to King's speech "A Time to Break Silence," what change did America make in effort to "quell the insurgency that Diem's methods had aroused"?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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