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

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

3. Who warns Moses to get out of the county?
(a) The mayor
(b) Robert Kennedy
(c) Martin Luther King
(d) The sheriff

4. What takes place in October of 1962?
(a) Presidential Elections
(b) The Harlem Riots
(c) The Los Angeles Riots
(d) The Cuban Missile Crisis

5. What celebrity lends his name to a fundraiser in this chapter?
(a) Louis Armstrong
(b) Sammy Davis
(c) Miles Davis
(d) Dean Martin

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bull Connors fire at the church congregation?

2. What is Sam Block arrested for?

3. What does the judge charge the sheriff with?

4. Who does Moses use his one phone call to call?

5. Whose house did King go to after a rally in Los Angeles?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Megdar Evans die?

3. What deal does King make with Robert Kennedy in this chapter?

4. How do the police prevent the D-Day marches from entering downtown?

5. Why does Moses file a federal suit against Robert Kennedy and Hoover?

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

7. What problems does Moses have in Mississippi?

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

9. How does the Albany Movement try to recover its momentum in this chapter?

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

(see the answer keys)

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