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 did the government hire a hitman to kill?
(a) Khruschev
(b) Castro
(c) Malcolm X
(d) King

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

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

4. Who does Hoover warn Kennedy to stay away from?
(a) Frank Sinatra
(b) Sammy Davis Jr
(c) Martin Luther King
(d) Marilyn Monroe

5. Who did the hitman share a mistress with?
(a) Robert Kennedy
(b) President Kennedy
(c) Martin Luther King
(d) Edgar Hoover

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What position does Jackson remove King from?

3. What do Kennedy and the heads of the Civil Rights groups create in New York?

4. What does Kennedy want to register in the South?

5. What was Hartman Turnbow the first Negro to do in Holmes County?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Albany Movement?

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

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

5. What problems does Moses have in Mississippi?

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

7. What does the New Orleans article accuse O'Dell of?

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

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

10. Why did King write letters from the Birmingham Jail?

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