Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 Test | Final Test - Medium

Taylor Branch
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 Test | Final Test - Medium

Taylor Branch
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what college does King take a temporary position?
(a) Mississippi
(b) Georgia
(c) Princeton
(d) Morehouse

2. What do a group of people form at Slater King's house?
(a) The Freedom Movement
(b) The Albany Movement
(c) The Peace Movement
(d) The Gandhi Gang

3. What does a restaurant owner set off in Sam Block's face?
(a) A fire extinguisher
(b) A petrol bomb
(c) A nail bomb
(d) A fire hose

4. What was Hartman Turnbow the first Negro to do in Holmes County?
(a) Register to vote
(b) Arrest a white man
(c) Join the NAACP
(d) Join the Free Riders

5. Where is the SCLC convention?
(a) New York
(b) Jackson
(c) Birmingham
(d) Memphis

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the government hire a hitman to kill?

2. What do the police use on the students to keep them out of the downtown area?

3. What does A New Orleans newspaper accuse O'Dell of being a member of?

4. What does King lead a mall to the courthouse to do?

5. What does Hoover use to justify investigating King?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Washington march so important to the movement?

2. How do the police prevent the D-Day marches from entering downtown?

3. Why does Moses file a federal suit against Robert Kennedy and Hoover?

4. What problems does Moses have in Mississippi?

5. How do Birmingham's white businessmen respond to the riots?

6. Why does King snub Kennedy?

7. Why did King write letters from the Birmingham Jail?

8. What does the New Orleans article accuse O'Dell of?

9. What changes does Megdar Evans try to implement in Jackson, Mississippi?

10. How does Hoover keep an eye on King in this chapter?

(see the answer keys)

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