Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 Test | Final Test - Easy

Taylor Branch
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 Test | Final Test - Easy

Taylor Branch
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Annell Ponder teach?
(a) Biology
(b) Literacy
(c) Maths
(d) German

2. Who does the Chamber of Congress President in Birmingham want to get rid of?
(a) The police commissioner
(b) The mayor
(c) The governor
(d) The sheriff

3. What newspaper was the reporter in the church in Mississippi from?
(a) The New York Times
(b) The San Francisco Chronicle
(c) The Jackson Packet
(d) The KKK Observer

4. Where does Kennedy meet the heads of the Civil Rights groups?
(a) Los Angeles
(b) Chicago
(c) New York
(d) San Francisco

5. What was Guy Carawan arrested for trying to enter?
(a) A town hall
(b) A church
(c) The White House
(d) Congress

6. What is Jack O'Dell the director of?
(a) Voter registration
(b) The Civil Rights Division
(c) Direct mail operations
(d) Freedom Ride operations

7. Where is Medgar Evans shot?
(a) On a bus
(b) Outside the White House
(c) A restaurant
(d) His driveway

8. At what college does King take a temporary position?
(a) Mississippi
(b) Georgia
(c) Princeton
(d) Morehouse

9. What do Washington officials ban shops from selling before the march?
(a) Fireworks
(b) Guns
(c) Medicine
(d) Liquor

10. Where do the Civil Rights leaders make their speeches in Washington?
(a) The Washington Memorial
(b) The Korean War Memorial
(c) Outside the White House
(d) The Lincoln Memorial

11. What have the authorities closed in Birmingham?
(a) Schools
(b) City Parks
(c) Restaurants
(d) Universities

12. What reason does the sheriff give for shooting the black man?
(a) Self defense
(b) Accidental
(c) Temporary insanity
(d) Hate

13. What does Kennedy want to register in the South?
(a) Negro votes
(b) White votes
(c) Children's votes
(d) Female votes

14. Which writer does Robert Kennedy enlist the help of?
(a) Richard Wright
(b) Leonard Cohen
(c) James Baldwin
(d) James Ellroy

15. Which country's prime minister sends an official protest at the use of fire hoses?
(a) Uganda
(b) Britain
(c) Japan
(d) Switerland

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Anderson call a meeting for Albany Movement supporters?

2. What does a monitor gun combine the power of?

3. What do a group of people form at Slater King's house?

4. What takes place in October of 1962?

5. What is C.B King's job?

(see the answer keys)

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