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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. King became the assistant pastor at what church?

2. Why did the bus boycott not end when the bus company was losing so much money?

3. Who paid King and Abernathy's fine?

4. How many protesters were arrested during the first day of the Birmingham protests?

5. Who came to the attention of the FBI at the Youth March for Integrated Schools?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the Crusade for Citizenship? Who was not happy about this?

3. What happened to King in New York?

4. In August, King was arrested. Why was he arrested? What effects did the arrest have?

5. What was the first meeting like about the bus boycott? Why was it like this?

6. What racial discrimination did King face at Crozer?

7. Who was Stanley Levison? Why was the Kennedy campaign growing more concerned about King?

8. What happened during King's trial? How did King feel about this?

9. What happened at Birmingham's Bethel Baptist Church? What did King do about this?

10. What was the Freedom Ride? What were the results?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was The Meredith March? Who started this march? What happened during the march? What happened after the march resumed? What obstacles did the marchers face?

Essay Topic 2

How did local cities and towns handle the demonstrations and boycotts by the Civil Rights Movement? What actions did they take? Do you think cities should have reacted the way that they did? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott? How did this protest begin? What influence did the boycott have on the Civil Rights Movement? Was the boycott successful? Why or why not?

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