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. Where does Anderson call a meeting for Albany Movement supporters?
(a) A town hall
(b) A forest
(c) His house
(d) A church

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

3. What do Kennedy and the heads of the Civil Rights groups create in New York?
(a) The Education for All Project
(b) The Voter Education Project
(c) The Freedom Ride Project
(d) The Civil Rights Bill

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

5. Which comedian join the marches in Greenwood?
(a) Bill Crosby
(b) Dick Gregory
(c) Lenny Bruce
(d) Richard Pryor

Short Answer Questions

1. Which writer does Robert Kennedy enlist the help of?

2. When does Kennedy sign the Civil Rights Racial Discrimination Bill?

3. In what city does King gather thousands of dollars of donations?

4. Where does Kennedy meet the heads of the Civil Rights groups?

5. What does King lead a mall to the courthouse to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Hoover want Kennedy to keep away from Frank Sinatra?

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

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

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

8. What is the Albany Movement?

9. How do Birmingham's white businessmen respond to the riots?

10. What problems does Moses have in Mississippi?

(see the answer keys)

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