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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There was a large movement to destroy which entity?
(a) Labor unions.
(b) Southern Baptist churches.
(c) Small government.
(d) The AME Church.

2. Where did Sweet go to find work for the summer?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Minneapolis.

3. In what month did the Sweets return to the U.S.?
(a) December.
(b) June.
(c) September.
(d) April.

4. The Sweets sent their son to the university to remove him from which of the following?
(a) Jim Crow South.
(b) Labor in the fields.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Radical political groups.

5. Where did the couple meet?
(a) Dance.
(b) Church.
(c) Medical convention.
(d) Coffee shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not a major part of Detroit at that time?

2. What does Sweet carry in his pocket?

3. What years saw the height of the migration?

4. When did Civil War troops reach Florida?

5. What was important about the year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Aside from lack of racial violence, what was a main factor in the Negro migration to the north?

2. Describe the celebration upon the Sweets' arrival in the new home.

3. Why was the position of the slaves in Leon County different than those residing in other counties?

4. What was the reaction of the slaves when they learned about Lee's surrender and the arrival of Union troops?

5. Name the people with which Sweet formed a professional relationship.

6. Who agrees to spend the first couple of nights at the Sweets' new home?

7. When Sweet was arrested, he carried with him a piece of evidence. What was it?

8. Explain the Sweets' choice to send their son to Wilberforce University.

9. Name the racist groups founded at this time. Where was their presence the strongest?

10. Describe some of the incidents that took place around the arrival of blacks in white neighborhoods.

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