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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. The war in ________________ frustrated African American soldiers who fought and died with whites on the battle fields.

2. Using the _________, Dr. King taught courage, love, overcoming fear, and the love of God as a means to grow and prepare for challenges.

3. Dr. King longs for a day when his children would be judged on the content of of their ___________, not on the color of their skin.

4. ___________ needed to be revolutionized, creating recognition that capitalism as the example of the poor around the world was not appropriate.

5. The Vietnam War, Dr. King believed, took away effort and money from the war on ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dr. King feel the survival of society depended on at this point in time and in this era of change?

2. What did Dr. King want his children to be judged based on, as opposed to the color of their skin?

3. What were Dr. King's main concerns about the Vietnam War when it was fought?

4. What did Dr. King think would happen in society as a result of integration, according to his last conversation?

5. Who did Dr. King think that the four murdered girls spoke to in their deaths?

6. How did the Vietnam War hurt African American men more, according to the thoughts of Dr. King?

7. What was the tool that brought a hope for integration, rather than the ideals that Black Power purported?

8. Why were Dr. King and his wife, Coretta, not subject to segregation much in their lives before the movement?

9. What are some of the issues that the poor have to deal with in their everyday lives, according to Dr. King?

10. What were the three revolutions that Dr. King saw happening around him, revolutions that people were sleeping through?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Students began to get involved in the protests as well, allowing them to see that they were agents of change.

Part 1: Why do you think it was important for students to get active in the Civil Rights Movement?

Part 2: Do you think the Civil Rights Movement would have been a success had the students not gotten involved? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think society's views change when younger people get involved in social issues?

Essay Topic 2

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," according to Dr. King in his letter from Birmingham City Jail.

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

Part 2: Why do you think that injustice in one place can affect justice in other areas?

Part 3: How do you think justice can be preserved in society?

Essay Topic 3

Dr. King brings up the idea that there are just laws and unjust laws which may or may not be obeyed.

Part 1: How would you define the idea of a just law? Why?

Part 2: How would you define the idea of an unjust law? Why?

Part 3: Do you think a person has the right to decide which laws are okay to follow and each are not? Why or why not?

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