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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Man on the Cliff.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which segment of the Southern population believed in a societal hierarchy regarding the blacks?
(a) Lower class.
(b) Poverty stricken.
(c) Upper class.
(d) Select class.

2. In what year was "The Silent South" published?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1903.

3. In the late 1800s blacks were accepted, or at least tolerated, where?
(a) Buses.
(b) Politics.
(c) Schools.
(d) Restaurants.

4. What is still the most prevalent issue between blacks and other ethnicities in the US?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Civil rights.
(c) Civil War.
(d) Labor Union.

5. What was another term for the walled compounds where blacks worked as slaves?
(a) Groves.
(b) Plantations.
(c) Restricted areas.
(d) Fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word used for the action of engaging blacks into society as equals?

2. Which of the following is not on the list of phenomena that began to appear in the late 1800s?

3. What is another name given to the Great Compromise?

4. Which of the following was not included in the act as a benefit for Negroes?

5. What city was most likely the glaring exception in regards to segregation in this era?

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