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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Capitulation to Racism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a common name used to describe black neighborhoods?
(a) Darktown.
(b) Ghetto.
(c) Suburbs.
(d) Slum.

2. What was never even considered between slaves and land owners?
(a) Another way of life.
(b) Sharing crops.
(c) Racial equality.
(d) Permitting freedom.

3. Which of the following is not on the list of phenomena that began to appear in the late 1800s?
(a) Ambivalence.
(b) Exploitation.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Brutality.

4. In what year was "The Silent South" published?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1892.

5. Who was responsible for "chipping away" at the 14th Amendment in the late 1800s?
(a) Federal government.
(b) Supreme Court.
(c) National Guard.
(d) President.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the leader of the National Urban League?

2. In the late 1800s blacks were accepted, or at least tolerated, where?

3. What was another name for the outdated laws that pigeon-holed blacks?

4. Which states were the first to wane in their support of the cause?

5. Racists often referred to Negroes as lacking which of the following?

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