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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. What major historical event took place in the 1870s?
(a) Gettysburg Address.
(b) Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) Civil War.
(d) Great Compromise.

2. New Orleans was a unique city in the South. The author refers to it as being which type of city?
(a) Opportunistic.
(b) Accepting.
(c) Unaffected.
(d) Color blind.

3. Which of the following was not part of the fourth segment?
(a) New federal support.
(b) Demise of Jim Crow.
(c) Action by civil rights leaders.
(d) Birth of Martin Luther King.

4. In what decade did the Ku Klux Klan reach the height of its power?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1910s.

5. It is not yet known how ______ will eventually view these drastic changes in the system.
(a) Whites.
(b) History.
(c) Government.
(d) Blacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Surprisingly, which famous figure supported keeping races separate?

2. How many segments can Southern history be divided into?

3. In what year was a decision made regarding the case?

4. By separating the whites from the blacks, it was believed that the blacks would remain _____.

5. The other famous case mentioned during this time was Williams against an American state. What state was it?

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