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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Forgotten Alternatives.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many groups of blacks pushed to be able to have equal use of which of the following?
(a) Freedom of speech.
(b) Restaurant facilities.
(c) Public communications.
(d) Water fountains.

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

3. In what year did this major historical event take place?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1877.

4. The level of tolerance regarding racial equality was directly related to which of the following?
(a) Political affiliation.
(b) Relation to Mason-Dixon line.
(c) Proximity.
(d) Age.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a common name often used to disparage whites?

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

3. Many blacks withdrew from various parts of society for a number of reasons. Which is not mentioned in the text?

4. What is the word used to describe people who disliked or were afraid of the Negroes?

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

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