Author Question: What was the irony captured by Life photographer Steve Schapiro's photograph of Martin Luther King ... (Read 25 times)

saraeharris · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The support of which group for the Democratic ticket dropped by 25 percent between the 1964 and 1968 presidential elections because they believed that federal programs only sustained blacks and other minorities?

A) women
B) the urban poor
C) the white working class
D) university students in need of financial aid

Question 2

The writers of the Constitution of 1787 created a powerful central government that shifted away from the concept of virtue and instead emphasized __________.

A) federalism
B) checks and balances
C) domestic tranquility
D) virtual representation

Question 3

In 1925, John T. Scopes, a science teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, was arrested by local officials for teaching __________.

A) creationism
B) evolution
C) sexual education and contraception
D) black history

Question 4

What was President Johnson's fate after he vetoed the Reconstruction Acts?

A) He was removed as president after impeachment by the House and conviction by the Senate.
B) He was impeached in the House, but the Senate failed to convict him by one vote.
C) He was reelected to a second term in 1868.
D) He resigned the presidency.

Question 5

What was the irony captured by Life photographer Steve Schapiro's photograph of Martin Luther King Jr.'s room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis when Schapiro took this snapshot several hours after King's assassination?

A) King's book Strength to Love, which was in his suitcase, recommended that activists start to
use violence to defend themselves.
B) King had planned to return to his room that now featured a newscast about his death.
C) King ate extravagantly for someone responsible for setting up the Poor People's Campaign.
D) King was killed just outside of his motel room.