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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Kennedy want the Freedom Riders to do?

3. What does the registrar do to John Hardy?

4. What does King ask people to do for those Negroes who have yet to learn the non-violent ways?

5. What was Guy Carawan arrested for trying to enter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hoover keep an eye on King in this chapter?

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

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

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

5. How does Kennedy create the Voter Education Project?

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

7. How did Megdar Evans die?

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

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

10. Why does King snub Kennedy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and outline King's thoughts on the subject. Use your own ideas to argue whether you think King is right or wrong.

1) Education

2) Non-violent protests

3) Segregation

Essay Topic 2

How do King's Christian beliefs influence his approach to fighting racism? Why did people think that King's approach was direct enough?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the demonstrations Branch describes in the book and examine how impact this event had on the Civil Rights Movements as a whole. What was the public's initial reaction to the demonstration? What media attention did it receive?

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