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

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 - Medium

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 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Kennedy want the Freedom Riders to do?
(a) Take trains
(b) Stop
(c) Sing the national anthem
(d) Carry guns

4. Where does Kennedy's administration think Levison is from?
(a) Cuba
(b) Russia
(c) Vietnam
(d) Britain

5. What do the police use on the students to keep them out of the downtown area?
(a) Fire hoses
(b) Machine guns
(c) Laughing gas
(d) Rabid dogs

Short Answer Questions

1. Which comedian join the marches in Greenwood?

2. Who does Hoover warn Kennedy to stay away from?

3. Who does King claim sanctioned segregation?

4. What is Jack O'Dell the director of?

5. What does Annell Ponder teach?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Freedom Riders anger Kennedy in Chapter 12?

2. Why is the Washington march so important to the movement?

3. How does Kennedy create the Voter Education Project?

4. How does Moses react to the sheriff attacking him in Chapter 13?

5. Why does King snub Kennedy?

6. What changes does Megdar Evans try to implement in Jackson, Mississippi?

7. What problems does Moses have in Mississippi?

8. How does the city respond to the Albany Movement's manifesto?

9. How do the Freedom Riders enrage the Albany sheriff?

10. How does Jesse Jackson cause problems for King after he wins the National Baptist elections?

(see the answer keys)

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