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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. On what day was President Kennedy assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in as President?

2. Although King saw President Johnson as being supportive of the Civil Rights Act, how did he describe President Johnson's view about protections its passage would provide blacks?

3. When did the leader of SNCC ignite controversy when he used the Black Power slogan?

4. On 10 January 1966, King backed which Georgia state Senator-elect's right to oppose the Vietnam War?

5. When did a Ku Klux Klan meeting take place relative to the bombs being having been set?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the final chapter, what was it King recalled about his stabbing recovery?

2. How did King view Birmingham, Alabama?

3. What transpired in the SCLC headquarters when it was learned that James Meredith had been shot?

4. What did King stipulate in his comparison of racial discrimination in the South and the North?

5. King experienced what when he initially took his position on the war in Vietnam?

6. What was King's opinion about frustration and aggression?

7. What did King relate about Malcolm X' being in Selma, Alabama, during the nonviolent movement and Malcolm X' comments to Coretta?

8. Why did King view the summer of 1963 as being historic?

9. In his letter from the Birmingham Jail, how did King address the eight ministers who questioned direct action?

10. What did King view as democracy's most significant challenge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Survey King's review of his trial on charges of falsifying income taxes for the State of Alabama for 1956 and 1958. What reasons did he give for having believed he would be found guilty? What reasons did he offer as being in his favor? If he was convinced the jury was prejudiced against him, why did they not convict him? Would the jury not have ruled against King's black attorneys despite the level of their professional legal skills?

Essay Topic 2

Judge King's perspective of Senator Barry Goldwater. Why was he disgusted by the Republican Party's presidential nomination of Goldwater in 1964? How did King view his stances on foreign policy issues? Did he consider Goldwater a racist? Why did King believe Goldwater's nomination would aid racists?

Essay Topic 3

Elaborate on the assemblage of King's autobiography subsequent to his death. How was the authenticity of the autobiography ensured? What materials were used to construct the narrative? What autobiographical editorial judgments did Clayborne Carson incorporate? Was he successful in his autobiographical editing?

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