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Martin Luther King, Jr., “I Have a Dream”

King says that African Americans have come to the capitol on that day to cash a “promissory note.” What is the “promissory note” that King refers to?

A. The Voting Rights Act

B. The Emancipation Proclamation

C. The Declaration of Independence

D. The Bible

King tells the crowd that they must not allow their protest to become

A. controversial.

B. vocal.

C. religious.

D. violent.

What is King’s dream?

A. That the crowd will overthrow the white powerholders

B. That African Americans will be treated fairly and equally to white people

C. That the constitution will be rewritten

D. That all former slaveholders will be punished

In what is King’s dream rooted?

A. Actual events that he has witnessed

B. The words of the Governor of Alabama

C. The American dream

D. The peaceful society that other countries enjoy

King says that when African Americans are free, they will sing the words of which of the following spiritual songs?

A. “Free at last”

B. “My country ’tis of thee”

C. “I have a dream”

D. “Let freedom ring”