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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Of Old Regimes and Reconstruction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The change of laws in the south may be attributed to various actions often referred to as:
(a) Pointless.
(b) Movements.
(c) Causes.
(d) Efforts.

2. The actions that took place in the South during this period are often thought of as being a/an:
(a) Mutiny.
(b) Resistance.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Aberration.

3. Northern blacks, unlike Southern blacks were considered to be free but were not permitted to have a particular status. What was it?
(a) Political.
(b) Professional.
(c) Government.
(d) Legal.

4. What segment of the changes that took place in the South lasted the longest?
(a) 1st.
(b) 3rd.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 4th.

5. What culture had and has a belief that it is superior to the black culture?
(a) Anglo-Saxon.
(b) Caucasian.
(c) European.
(d) Asian.

Short Answer Questions

1. The great historical event was thought to have caused the end of an important time period. What was it called?

2. What was the term used to define government officials put in charge of the new laws regarding former slaves?

3. In regards to legal proceedings, what was a black barred from doing in the court room?

4. What was one of the things a freedman might do after leaving the plantation where he lived?

5. The quote provided in the introduction discusses where the Jim Crow System was effective. Which is not mentioned in the quote?

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