How much and exactly do you know about Martin Luther King Jr? Today is the day to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. in the U.S.
Give it a
try to answer the following easy MLK Questions.
1. What day
is Martin Luther King Jr Day celebrated each year?
=> the _______ _____________ in January
2. What
famous event, that included MLK, took place on August 28, 1963 near the Lincoln
Memorial? => March on ___________________
3. Dr. King
was the first private citizen to be honored with a _________________ holiday.
4. What was
MLK Jr’s job? (Answers may vary.)
5. When faced
with adversity and violence, what did Martin Luther King Jr preach his
followers to do? => Respond with non-_______________ tactics. He advocated
for peaceful protests.
6. Who did
MLK marry? => ______________________ Scott
7. What was
MLK Jr’s “I have a dream” speech (1963) about?
=> Martin’s
dream of a society where black people and white people live together in _______________.
8. In October
1964, MLK Jr. won the __________________
____________________ Prize.
9. Where was
MLK Jr born?
A) Atlanta,
Georgia
B) Memphis,
Tennessee
C)
Charleston, South Carolina
D) New
Orleans, Lousiana
10. What year
was MLK Jr born in?
A) 1932 B) 1945
C) 1925 D) 1929
11. How many
times total was King arrested?
A) 17 times B) 29 times
C) 5 times D) 12 times
12. MLK’s
first major role in the Civil Rights Movement was in 1955, after Rosa Parks was
arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Martin helped
organize a city bus boycott. What city was this in?
A)
Montgomery, Alabama
B) Selma,
Alabama
C)
Birmingham, Alabama
D) Jackson,
Mississippi
13. How long
did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
A) 250 days B)
381 days C) 100 days D) 57 days
14. What city
has the biggest Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in the U.S.?
A)
Birmingham, Alabama
B) Atlanta,
Georgia
C) Los
Angeles, California
D) Washington
D.C.
15. In what
year was MLK Jr assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee?
A) 1965 B) 1966
C) 1967 D) 1968
Answer
Keys
1. the
3rd Monday in January
2. March
on Washington
3. Federal
holiday
4. He
was a minister. (Though he was also a writer, activist, and philosopher)
5. Non-violent
tactics
6. Coretta
Scott
7. harmony
8. the
Nobel Peace Prize
9. (A)
Atlanta Georgia
10. (D) 1929
11. (B) 29 times (ranging from civil
disobedience to traffic violations)
12. (A) Montgomery, Alabama
13. (B) 381 days (at which time a court
ruled that such segregation laws should
no longer be recognized.)
14. (D) Washington D.C.
15. (D) 1968
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