Letter from B-ham Jail

1. King claims African Americans face all of the following problems except

• poverty

• police brutality

• sense of despair

• broken families

For whom did Martin Luther King Jr. craft his letter titled "Letter from Birmingham Jail"?

• fellow clergymen

• the black community

• civil rights supporters

• white extremists

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

According to King, what are the two types of laws?

• civil and criminal

• just and unjust

• racial and unjust

• ethical and unethical

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does "conscience" mean?

• principles

• collective beliefs

• inner voice

• without science

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does "civil disobedience" mean?

• nonviolent refusal to obey unjust laws

• guilty of breaking unfair laws that result in jail time

• not guilty of breaking unfair laws and wrongly jailed

• innocently following laws one considers unfair

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What did the Supreme Court decision of 1954 do?

• required schools to segregate according to race

• required schools to integrate black and white students

• hold schools accountable for African American students

• require juries to have African Americans for black defendants

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is the purpose of the letter?

• to inform the clergy about unjust laws and unfair treatment

• to describe the struggles African Americans faced everyday

• to persuade the clergymen that it is time to act in civil disobedience

• to teach the clergy about how just laws are created

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What is the central idea of the letter?

• People should be made aware of the atrocities faced by African Americans so they can make better choices in elections.

• People should peacefully wait for the proper authorities to enact civil disobedience and correct their wrongs

• People can't wait, but must participate in civil disobedience by actively break unjust segregation laws nonviolently.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

King writes this letter from jail. Why is he locked up?

• Parading without a permit

• inciting violence in the streets

• Speaking at a rally

• Breaking just laws

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Dr. King mentions early Christians and their fight against the Romans as an example of civil disobedience. This is a/an

• allegory

• allusion

• alliteration

• antecedent

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3