The Ways of Meeting Oppression

Martin Luther King Jr. classifies the three ways oppressed people react to their oppressors. One way is ________: the oppressed resign themselves to their doom.

• Resistance

• Acquiescence

• Rebellion

• Negotiation

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the 'freedom of exhaustion' as described in the text?

• A state of liberation from oppression

• A resignation to the yoke of oppression

• A form of active resistance

• A type of physical freedom.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Complete the sentence: According to the text, violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and ______.

• Effective

• Moral

• Immoral

• Necessary

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Why is violence considered immoral according to the text?

• It creates dialogue

• It thrives on hatred

• It builds community

• It is a form of love.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

The principle of nonviolent resistance seeks to reconcile the truths of two opposites: ________ and violence.

• Peace

• Acquiescence

• Love

• Justice

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is King's main idea?

• Nonviolent resistance is ineffective

• Nonviolent resistance enlists all men of good will

• Nonviolent resistance is aimed against oppressors

• Nonviolent resistance is a racial struggle

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

King states that he favors nonviolent resistance over the other two ways of meeting oppression. What disadvantages does he see in meeting oppression with acquiescence or with violence? Fill in the blank: Nonviolent resistance is not aimed against oppressors but against ________.

• justice

• equality

• oppression

• freedom

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed that the only moral way to end segregation and racism was through...

• violence and riots.
• the political system.
• education.
• nonviolent passive resistance.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

Non-Violent Resistance is when...

• People use violence to harm others

• People use their voices to protest

• When people resist eating PB&J

• People peacefully protest

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

How did Martin Luther King, Jr.'s philosophy of nonviolent resistance influence the broader Civil Rights Movement?

• It led to increased violence in protests

• It was largely ignored by other leaders

• It helped gain widespread sympathy and support from a variety of demographics

• It caused immediate legal changes

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.9