Bearing the Cross Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

David Garrow
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Bearing the Cross Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

David Garrow
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Why were SNCC members upset with King?

2. The bus boycott took away what percentage of bus riders?

3. What did the NAACP tell its members?

4. What was one of the demands that MIA made of the city?

5. How long was King sentenced to jail for violating his probation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the city officials in Albany respond to the protests and boycotts?

2. What was the March on Washington?

3. Why did activists see Albany as a good place to fight racial inequality?

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

5. What was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s background like? What was his family like?

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

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

8. Why did the protests in Birmingham not get off to the start that King wanted?

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

10. What occurred in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960? How did King become involved?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the March on Washington? What were the aims of this demonstration? What famous aspect of the Civil Rights Movement occurred during this demonstration? Was the march a success? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the relationship between King and Abernathy. Compare and contrast the men and their ideas about the Civil Rights Movement. Did any tensions exist between the men? Why or why not?

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