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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trait did both the Democrat and Republican parties share at the time?
(a) Work toward desegregation.
(b) Fending off foreign enemies.
(c) Uniting North and South.
(d) Belief in white supremacy.

2. What aspect of Southern history involves plantations and slaves?
(a) Confederate South.
(b) Old South.
(c) Historical South.
(d) Popular South.

3. In regards to legal proceedings, what was a black barred from doing in the court room?
(a) Testifying in any case.
(b) Being a juror.
(c) Becoming a lawyer.
(d) Working as a court official.

4. In what month did the Brown case come to an end?
(a) August.
(b) October.
(c) April.
(d) May.

5. What part of the south was known to have hundreds of thousands of free blacks?
(a) Antebellum.
(b) Post-war.
(c) Pre World War I.
(d) Crow South.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. According to the author, only a small percentage of ______ has escaped attack.

5. What is the word that best describes the members of the Republican party that pushed for total integration?

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