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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 presidency did King turn down due to church and family responsibilities?

2. Where did King hold a prayer-in?

3. What SCLC program was to reach out more readily to the public?

4. In what state was the governor fighting integration of a high school?

5. At the meeting with Kennedy, the President told King to distance himself from whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Connor do to shop the marchers in Birmingham? How did the marchers respond?

2. What was the Montgomery Improvement Association? What were its aims?

3. What racial discrimination did King face at Crozer?

4. What did John and Robert Kennedy do for King? How did this come about?

5. Why did Kennedy refuse to meet with King? How did the Kennedy Administration feel about the planned march in Washington?

6. What was the March on Washington?

7. What were the aims of the demonstrations in Birmingham?

8. Why was there a rivalry between SNCC and NAACP? Describe how this affected the actions of the groups.

9. Who was Rosa Parks? What was her connection to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

10. What changes did King make in his life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the Vietnam War influence the Civil Rights Movement? How did King feel about the war? Why did he believe that the war contributed to the riots in the US in the 1960s?

Essay Topic 2

What was Bloody Sunday? What happened during this demonstration? How did King become involved in the situation? What did King and the others plan and how did this turn out?

Essay Topic 3

What was the second March on Washington called? How was King's focus shifting by the time of this demonstration? Why do you think this shift was occurring?

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