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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 demonstration was held at Rainbow Beach in Chicago?
2. What happened to Dr. King as he was signing books on September 20, 1958?
3. In what magazine did Dr. King's famous series "How My Mind Has Changed" appear?
4. What is the date noted at the beginning of Chapter 4, "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools"?
5. Where was Martin Luther King, Jr., ordained to the Christian ministry?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were some of the factors that led to a new sense of self-respect on the part of the African American?
2. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," why did he think that white people thought blacks deserved (and enjoyed) second-class status?
3. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did the march demonstrate to him?
4. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were second-class methods?
5. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did the denial of the right to vote do to African Americans?
6. What happened on December 5, 1955?
7. What was ironic about King's entry into the Crozer Theological Seminary in September of 1948?
8. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," what were blacks asking for as part of the "southern pattern"?
9. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," why had some African Americans become cynical and disillusioned?
10. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what two fronts must the African American work on during the period of social change?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" while serving a sentence for participating in a civil rights demonstration. Discuss the importance of his actual writing from jail. What did this act prove to those involved in the civil rights act? Did this letter help to show his determination or did it hinder his part in the movement?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Martin Luther King, Jr.'s motivation for participating in the Civil Rights Movement. Why did he find it necessary to take on such a major role in the movement? How did he qualify as the leader of such a movement?
Essay Topic 3
Martin Luther King, Jr., seemed to speak to the younger African Americans and have them join him in his fight for civil rights. Why do you believe that Dr. King targeted this specific audience? What was the significance of influencing students to take part in the non-violent fight for civil rights?
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