1. Which U.S. President refused to put voting rights up to Congress after King asked him to?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Roosevelt.

2. What was Malcolm X's birth name?
(a) Malcolm Little.
(b) Malcolm Black.
(c) Malcolm Drake.
(d) Malcolm Smith.

3. What was the "secret church of slaves" named?
(a) "Invisible instutition."
(b) "The Nation."
(c) "The Sacred."
(d) "The NAACP."

4. In what type of store did Martin Luther King, Jr. and his father experience racism together?
(a) A shoe store.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) A book store.
(d) A general store.

5. What march did King believe was the "final lap of a freedom march that had started in Montgomery ten years earlier"?
(a) The Alabama march.
(b) The Selma march.
(c) The Washington, D.C. march.
(d) The Charleston march.

Short Answer Questions

1. What German term did King use to refer to his belief that "the universe is under the control of a loving purpose, and that in the struggle for righteousness [we have] cosmic companionship"?

2. How many objectives did King announce for the role of blacks in the movement?

3. From whose teachings did Martin Luther King, Jr. learn of successful nonviolent actions?

4. What "messiah" was Malcolm X portrayed as?

5. In what year was school segregation declared unconstitutional?

(see the answer key)

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