AP UNITED STATES HISTORY

MALCOLM X SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS 1. How does Malcolm X’s understanding of racial identity change over the course of his life? Consider the different phases of Malcolm’s life. 2. How does Malcolm X’s view of white people change over the course of his life, and why? Consider the different phases of Malcolm’s life. 3. What role do women play in the autobiography of Malcolm X 4. How and why and by whom was Malcolm X assassinated ? 5. Why is Malcolm X famous? 6. Why did Malcolm Little change his name to Malcolm X? 7. Why did Elijah Muhammad suspend Malcolm X from the Black Muslim movement? 8. What impact did Malcolm X have on the civil rights movement? 9. What did Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King talk about? 10. Summarize Malcolm X’s life. 11. Who was Malcolm X’s white girlfriend? According to Malcolm, what significance was there about her? 12. How did Malcolm X differ from Martin Luther King, Jr.? 12. What effects did Malcolm X have on society? 13 Why does Malcolm go into the details of his early life in Michigan, Boston, and New York? 14 How do the lessons and skills of Malcolm’s life on the street influence his demeanor as a political leader? 15. What, in Malcolm’s experiences, draws him to an activism more militant than the nonviolent activism of Martin Luther King, Jr.? 16 In one speech about the need for blacks to identify with the nonwhite peoples of the world Malcolm X says, “You can’t hate Africa and not hate yourself.” What experiences lead him to make this statement?