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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. All the country suffers, according to Dr. King, from the power of the _____________ politicians.

2. The growth of __________ among African Americans would not allow people to revert to a subservient and demeaned class.

3. Dr. King believed the true gospel concerns itself with the whole ___________, soul and the body.

4. Who receives parity, subsides and incentives when they are in the world, according to Dr. King?

5. There was an obligation to ensure that all __________________ participated in the enforcement and creative innovations freeing all citizens.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three ways in which oppression is historically responded to, according to Dr. King?

2. What was the greatest moral dilemma when it came to the crisis of race relations?

3. What was the crisis in 1962 that allowed the problem of the Civil Rights movement to be less than dominant in society?

4. What did the men in the Freedom March do as a result of their commitment to be nonviolent?

5. What did the finding of a personal God help Dr. King to do during his years fighting for Civil Rights?

6. When Dr. King was talking to a crowd integrated with both white and black youth, what did he say the generation would be known as?

7. What does the theory of nonviolence teach to those who are willing to practice it during tough times?

8. As a result of the protests the students witnessed, what did they gain in relation to their fears about the Civil Rights movement?

9. Why were there violent outbreaks of African Americans in some areas, even though the struggle was typically nonviolent?

10. What happened if an African American person wanted to ride a bus in Montgomery, Alabama?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dr. King discusses time and time again that winning over the opposition needs to happen with the weapon of love.

Part 1: Do you think love can ever be a weapon? Why or why not?

Part 2: Do you think it's possible for two opposing sides to love each other? Why or why not?

Part 3: Why do you think Dr. King believes that love will be the thing that helps the movement succeed?

Essay Topic 2

Nonviolence arouses a sense of shame and builds reconciliation and redemption in society.

Part 1: Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?

Part 2: Do you think that shame leads to reconciliation in other situations? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think shame could be introduced without the use of nonviolence? Or can't it?

Essay Topic 3

The right to vote was an important right to secure for the African American.

Part 1: Why do you think the right to vote was so important to secure?

Part 2: What do you think about your right to vote? Do you think about it at all?

Part 3: How do you think the country might be different if certain groups will still unable to vote because of race, gender, or religion?

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