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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. Where is the SCLC convention?

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

3. Where is Seigenthaler when Kennedy calls him?

4. Why did the sheriff shoot a black man?

5. Who do demonstrators kill outside the Lyceum?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jesse Jackson cause problems for King after he wins the National Baptist elections?

2. How do the Freedom Riders anger Kennedy in Chapter 12?

3. How does the city respond to the Albany Movement's manifesto?

4. Why does Hoover want Kennedy to keep away from Frank Sinatra?

5. Why does King snub Kennedy?

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

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

8. What deal does King make with Robert Kennedy in this chapter?

9. How did Megdar Evans die?

10. What problems does Moses have in Mississippi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the Civil Rights Movement improve life for Afro-Americans? What was life like for Afro-Americans before the Civil Rights Movement?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the characters of Martin Luther King and President Kennedy.

1) In what ways are their ideas different?

2) What is their relationship to each other?

3) How can they work together to combat racism?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and outline King's thoughts on the subject. Use your own ideas to argue whether you think King is right or wrong.

1) Education

2) Non-violent protests

3) Segregation

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