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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Declining Years of Jim Crow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the principle that ended in an unstable alliance?
(a) Integration.
(b) Calculable.
(c) Indeterminate.
(d) Fusion.

2. Which president was elected in 1960?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Truman.

3. What segment of the changes that took place in the South lasted the longest?
(a) 2nd.
(b) 4th.
(c) 1st.
(d) 3rd.

4. What word is used to mean something that is required by law?
(a) Mandated.
(b) Instituted.
(c) Introduced.
(d) Established.

5. Who was president when the case of Brown vs. The Board of Education was decided?
(a) FDR.
(b) Truman.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Hoover.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the coastal states did blacks continue to hold political or public office?

2. At its peak, how many members belonged to the white supremacy organization?

3. Blacks were allowed to be an integrated part of the crowds on "common carriers." Which of the following is not a common carrier mentioned in the book?

4. Despite New Orleans' reputation and policies _____ days of violence broke out in the city due to racial issues.

5. What part of the south was known to have hundreds of thousands of free blacks?

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