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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. According to the author, only a small percentage of ______ has escaped attack.
(a) Northern laws.
(b) Segregation code.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Underground railroad.

2. What was another name for the outdated laws that pigeon-holed blacks?
(a) Jim Crow.
(b) Slavery Act of 1861.
(c) Plantation laws.
(d) Reprehensible.

3. What was not started in the south as it is commonly believed?
(a) Segregation.
(b) Desegregation.
(c) Plantations.
(d) Civil rights.

4. What was in steady decline between 1820 and 1860?
(a) City life.
(b) Religious freedom.
(c) Underground railroad.
(d) Segregation.

5. What word is best used to describe the pre-war south?
(a) Country.
(b) Metropolitan.
(c) Urban.
(d) Rural.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is still the most prevalent issue between blacks and other ethnicities in the US?

2. What culture had and has a belief that it is superior to the black culture?

3. Racial equality was said to be one of the main goals during which time?

4. In what month did the Brown case come to an end?

5. What item was often provided to slaves, much to the surprise of the current white population?

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