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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. According to the chapter "Black Power Defined," what is the goal of a relationship with the government for African Americans?
2. What was found on a farm near Philadelphia, Mississippi, on August 4, 1964?
3. Why did the West fear the USSR?
4. Where did Dr. King deliver his most historic and controversial statement tying the war and the Civil Rights Movement together?
5. What kind of testing was banned on February 4, 1965, used to deny rights to vote?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to King's speech "I Have A Dream," who should be able to allow freedom to ring? Who did King include when he named the groups that should be allowed to "let freedom ring"?
2. Describe the circumstances surrounding King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
3. In 1967, as summarized in the introduction of Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here?," Martin Luther King, Jr., felt caught between two distinct groups for very different reasons. Who did King feel caught between and why?
4. According to King's speech "I Have A Dream," what can African Americans never be satisfied with?
5. According to King's speech "Where Do We Go From Here?", what is the only answer to mankind's problems?
6. Why did political rightists, described in the introduction of Chapter 18: "Where Do We Go From Here?," claim that Martin Luther King, Jr., was unpatriotic?
7. According to King's speech "I Have A Dream," the song "America" needed to be sung, and believed, by all that sang it. Name three things that King wanted freedom to ring from.
8. What were the circumstances that surrounded King's "Eulogy for the Martyred Children"?
9. In his speech "Where Do We Go From Here?", Martin Luther King, Jr. stated that the United States mishandled money in regard to its own people. According to King, how did the United States misappropriate funds?
10. Martin Luther King, Jr., stated five dreams during his "I Have A Dream" speech. What were three of his "dreams"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss the importance of the location of the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, involvement. Would Martin Luther King, Jr., been as involved in the movement if it was not central to his community? Why do you believe this?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the "Drum Major Instinct." What is the "Drum Major Instinct"? How did it develop? Upon what is it based ? What is the "Drum Major Instinct's" importance to the Civil Rights Movement? Why did Dr. King find it necessary to design a sermon around the "Drum Major Instinct"?
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