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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. What position did the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) take on the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?

2. King sought as his legacy justice, he was good to both the oppressed and the poor, and strove to do right even when he was what?

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

4. James Meredith, who was wounded by a sniper during his "March Against Fear" on 6 June 1966, integrated which institution in 1962?

5. What transpired in St. Augustine, Florida, that instigated the fight for the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was King's opinion about frustration and aggression?

2. King experienced what when he initially took his position on the war in Vietnam?

3. How did King describe life?

4. What did King say in his address at the Atlanta dinner honoring his receipt of the Nobel Prize?

5. How did King view Birmingham, Alabama?

6. Why did King use the phrase "one of the most important meetings we ever convened" to depict a SCLC staff meeting held in November, 1967?

7. How did King describe his experience in Birmingham?

8. What were points King stipulated as to why he opposed the war in Vietnam?

9. What did King view as democracy's most significant challenge?

10. What prompted King to visit Watts immediately following the riots despite being warned not to go there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Judge King's perspective of Senator Barry Goldwater. Why was he disgusted by the Republican Party's presidential nomination of Goldwater in 1964? How did King view his stances on foreign policy issues? Did he consider Goldwater a racist? Why did King believe Goldwater's nomination would aid racists?

Essay Topic 2

Elaborate on the assemblage of King's autobiography subsequent to his death. How was the authenticity of the autobiography ensured? What materials were used to construct the narrative? What autobiographical editorial judgments did Clayborne Carson incorporate? Was he successful in his autobiographical editing?

Essay Topic 3

Assess the view King held of the student sit-in phase of the early 1960s. What were aspects of protests of that era that he felt distinguished them from earlier periods? What did King stipulate was the ultimate goal of blacks with regard to whites? What did he specify was the moral obligation and ultimate aim of blacks in his analysis of the student movement? "The most significant aspect of this student movement" that King identified was what?

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