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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. Who was the most well known leader of the Southern Populists?
(a) Washington.
(b) Watson.
(c) Winston.
(d) Winkler.

2. What term was used to describe former slaves?
(a) Animals.
(b) Runaways.
(c) Crow's people.
(d) Freedmen.

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

4. Which of the following may not be to blame for the continuance of the attitudes of the people regarding slavery?
(a) Apparent permanent status.
(b) Resignation of blacks.
(c) Rally of plantation owners.
(d) Attitude of northerners.

5. It is not yet known how ______ will eventually view these drastic changes in the system.
(a) History.
(b) Government.
(c) Whites.
(d) Blacks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In which of the coastal states did blacks continue to hold political or public office?

3. The phrase came from a book written by which author?

4. What part of the south was known to have hundreds of thousands of free blacks?

5. One of the cases that ended the period of this change was Plessy v. _______.

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