WorksheetsLetter from a Birmingham Jail
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who was the first African-American student to attend the University of Mississippi?
W.E.B. Du Bois
James Meredith
Rosa Parks
George Washington Carver
Martin Luther King Jr. was BEST known as a(n)
civic orator
essayist
television personality
evangelical minister
Which point of view does “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” use?
third person omniscient
first person
first person peripheral
second person
In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King, Jr. contains to all of the following references EXCEPT
Christianity
patriotism
popular culture
current events
In 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded with
the WEB duBois medal
the Nobel Prize
the Pulitzer Prize
an honorary Ph.D from the University of Mississippi
Martin Luther King, Jr. helped found and became the first president of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Which of the following civil rights demonstrations was the MOST famous of those organized by Martin Luther King, Jr.?
the 1967 Birmingham Campaign
the 1964 March on Washington
the 1963 March on Washington
the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March
Which of the following events propelled Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to national prominence as a civil rights leader?
his imprisonment in Birmingham
the Birmingham Bus Boycotts
the 1963 March on Washington
the Montgomery Bus Boycotts
Which of the following events was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. planning prior to his assassination?
an appearance on national television
a debate with Gov. Wallace
a March for Peace in Vietnam
the Poor People's Campaign
Which of the following consequences arose immediately after Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination?
the imprisonment of Civil Rights leaders "for their own protection"
the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
violent race riots throughout the United States
condemnation of the United States by the international community.
Which kind of tactic did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference use to pressure change in “Project C”?
Economic
Social
Legislative
Civil Disobedience
How did Birmingham respond to “Project C”?
by broadcasting negative advertisements
by firing black workers from all municipal jobs
by de-funding food programs for the poor
by increasing police presence
What did the “C” in “Project C” signify during the Civil Rights movement?
Civil Rights
Crisis
Confrontation
Crusade
Why was “the Children’s Crusade” organized in Birmingham?
to replace the adults unable to protest due to economic hardship
to protest the mass-imprisonment of adult marchers
to shame the city into stopping violent reprisals against marchers
to prevent the youth from organizing their own, violent protests
How did the city of Birmingham respond to the “Children’s Crusade”?
by forcefully shutting it down with police dogs
by closing down all black schools in Mississippi
through mass incarceration of the children who participated
by arresting the parents of the children who participated
The 1963 Birmingham campaigns won all of the following civil rights victories EXCEPT
increased penalties for hate crimes
desegregation of schools
economic concessions by businesses
the release of imprisoned civil rights leaders
The cosigners of the “Call for Unity” asked Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the SCLC to
end direct action in favor of gradualism
adopt a more confrontational approach
initiate more demonstrations for Civil Rights
unify with Civil Rights leaders in the North
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” was NOT published in 1963 in
Liberation Magazine
The Christian Century Magazine
The Christian Science Monitor Magazine
The Atlantic Monthly
Who wrote and signed “Call for Unity”?
Leaders of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
the Governors of Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas
eight white Jewish and Christian clergymen
the Birmingham Fraternal Order of Police
On what medium did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.NOT write his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”?
on smuggled pieces of paper
on the backs of envelopes
on the margins of newspapers
on a legal pad
