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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. Despite New Orleans' reputation and policies _____ days of violence broke out in the city due to racial issues.
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. In what year were the Slaughter House Cases tried?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1881.

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

4. After WWII the number of blacks living outside the South rose to this height:
(a) 2.4 million.
(b) 1.5 million.
(c) 4.6 million.
(d) 3.8 million.

5. Segregation was referred to as being what kind of idea?
(a) Inherited.
(b) Innate.
(c) Inherent.
(d) Ingrained.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the agreement reached between the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP and the Atlanta School Board?

2. Many communities placed which kind of restriction on their residents to keep their neighborhoods segregated?

3. By what year did Southern segregation realize its completion?

4. In what year was the NAACP founded?

5. In regards to legal proceedings, what was a black barred from doing in the court room?

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