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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the Black Power political phrase viewed as hypocritical?
(a) It started with a "nonviolent" group leader but then advocated racial "power".
(b) It advocated using same tools of oppression as were used against them.
(c) It focused on the means used by blacks, not on the goals they sought.
(d) It claimed moral standards to which their own behavior did not conform.

2. On 10 January 1966, King backed which Georgia state Senator-elect's right to oppose the Vietnam War?
(a) Ross Barnett.
(b) Henry Ward Beecher.
(c) Julian Bond.
(d) Orzell Billingsley.

3. King stipulated he "deplored violence and war as instruments for achieving solutions to mankind's problems" for how long?
(a) Since high school.
(b) Since the Vietnam War.
(c) All his adult life.
(d) Since the Korean War.

4. How did Jimmie Lee Jackson die on 26 February 1965 in Marion, Alabama?
(a) Police released a K-9 on him during a demonstration.
(b) Police shot him during a demonstration.
(c) Klan night riders beat him during a demonstration.
(d) Youths beat him during a demonstration.

5. When did King attend the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by President Johnson?
(a) 2 July 1964.
(b) 4 July 1964.
(c) 2 June 1964.
(d) 24 July 1964.

6. More than how many youngsters were arrested in the Birmingham "Children's Crusade" between 2-7 May 1963?
(a) Over 1,000.
(b) Over 500.
(c) Over 100.
(d) Over 250.

7. How did King indicate protesters approaching Washington would arrive?
(a) Wearing shackles.
(b) By using mules.
(c) By marching proudly.
(d) Silently and carrying signs.

8. What valediction did King use to conclude his letter?
(a) "In appreciation of your patience and understanding."
(b) "Yours humbly in Faith, Trust, and Hope."
(c) "Yours in pursuit of Christian understanding."
(d) "Yours for the cause of Peace and Brotherhood."

9. During their visit with Meredith in the hospital, King (SCLC) and which leaders of other organizations agreed to continue his march?
(a) Stokeley Carmichael (SNCC) and Floyd McKissik (CORE),
(b) James Lawson (SNCC) and Cleveland Sellers (CORE).
(c) James Lawson (SNCC) and Floyd McKissik (CORE).
(d) Stokeley Carmichael (SNCC) and Cleveland Sellers (CORE),

10. When was NAACP leader Medgar Evans assassinated?
(a) 12 March 1963.
(b) 12 June 1963.
(c) 12 May 1963.
(d) 12 April 1963.

11. When Albert Boutwell won a runoff election for mayor on 2 April 1963 against Birmingham Police Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor, what did Connor do?
(a) He refused to leave his office, but other commissioners left.
(b) Along with other commissioners, he refused to leave office.
(c) Along with two other commissioners, he refused to leave office.
(d) He left his office, but other commissioners refused to leave.

12. When did a Ku Klux Klan meeting take place relative to the bombs being having been set?
(a) Two nights before.
(b) One night before.
(c) Shortly following.
(d) Just prior to the bombings that night.

13. King stated his life would not have been in vain if what?
(a) "If I am able to bring peace to a world wreaked with war."
(b) "If I am genuine in spreading nonviolence and Christian faith."
(c) "If I spread love and peace in a determined fashion."
(d) "If I can do my duty as a Christian ought."

14. Which group, in conjunction with the SCLC, launched a protest following the election in Birmingham?
(a) The Alabama Christian Convention for Human Rights.
(b) The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights.
(c) The Alabama Christian Conference for Civil Rights.
(d) The Alabama Christian Movement for Civil Liberties.

15. On which television program on the evening of 29 May 1966 did King urge an end to the bombing in Vietnam?
(a) The Huntley-Brinkley Report.
(b) Face the Nation.
(c) The Johnny Carson Show.
(d) CBS News with Walter Cronkite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did King respond to the eight clergymen when he rarely did so as it would leave him little time for "constructive" work?

2. How many black protesters marched on St. Augustine?

3. King wanted President Johnson to continue these programs, but President Johnson was distracted by the conflict in Vietnam.

4. On 10 July 1967, at a "Freedom Sunday" rally, King initiated a drive to make Chicago an "open city" for what?

5. On what day was President Kennedy assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in as President?

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