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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. Who did the hitman share a mistress with?

2. What reason does the sheriff give for shooting the black man?

3. What was Hartman Turnbow the first Negro to do in Holmes County?

4. Where does Kennedy's administration think Levison is from?

5. Who does King complain to about police brutality?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Albany Movement?

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

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

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

6. What problems does Moses have in Mississippi?

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

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

9. Why did a hitman prove to be an embarrassment to the government?

10. How does the Albany Movement try to recover its momentum in this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of 1960s America.

1) Why did Afro-American politics come to the fore during this time ?

2) What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

3) Does today's society share any values with 1960s America?

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

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

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