Letter from Birmingham jail
King wrote the Letter from Birmingham Jail in response to a group of people.
Who were the eight white clergymen?
Gandhi first became famous for fighting discrimination while living in this country.
What is South Africa?
Martin Luther was born in this European country.
What is Germany?
Gandhi was born in this country.
What is India?
An action or statement meant to anger or cause a reaction
What is provocation?
King says that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” because all people are connected in this kind of community.
What is the “inescapable network of mutuality”
The name of Gandhi’s method of nonviolent resistance.
What is Satyagraha?
Luther became deeply religious after surviving this dangerous event as a young man.
What is being caught in a thunderstorm?
As a child and young adult, Gandhi belonged to this religious tradition.
What is Hinduism
To strike back or get revenge.
What is retaliate?
This method of protest is the core of King’s argument and his preferred way of fighting injustice.
What is nonviolent direct action?
Gandhi protested this British tax by marching to the sea in 1930.
What is the Salt Tax?
Martin Luther was upset about the selling of these, which claimed to reduce punishment for sins.
What are indulgences?
Gandhi was strongly influenced by the writings of this Russian author, especially the book The Kingdom of God Is Within You.
Who is Leo Tolstoy?
Traditions, customs, or social norms of a community.
What are mores?
King lists four steps of a nonviolent campaign. Name one.
What is: (1) collection of facts, (2) negotiation, (3) self-purification, or (4) direct action?
Gandhi was trained in this profession before becoming a political leader.
What is a lawyer?
Luther posted this famous document on the church door in Wittenberg in 1517.
What are the 95 Theses?
Gandhi spent years living a simple life in communities called these.
What are ashrams?
To cause something to happen suddenly
What is precipitate?
King argues people have a moral responsibility to do this when a law is unjust
What is disobey it
This 1915 event marked Gandhi’s return to India and the beginning of his leadership in the struggle for independence.
What is his return from South Africa and joining the Indian National Congress?
Luther translated this sacred text into German, making it more accessible to everyday people.
What is the Bible?
Gandhi’s assassination in 1948 was carried out by a man from this group angry at Gandhi’s desire for peace
What is a Hindu nationalist?
A temporary pause or delay in an activity or law.
What is moratorium?