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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. Northern blacks, unlike Southern blacks were considered to be free but were not permitted to have a particular status. What was it?
(a) Political.
(b) Legal.
(c) Government.
(d) Professional.

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

3. Who was the leader of the National Urban League?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Jameson.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Jones.

4. The change of laws in the south may be attributed to various actions often referred to as:
(a) Causes.
(b) Efforts.
(c) Pointless.
(d) Movements.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade did the Ku Klux Klan reach the height of its power?

2. The conservative position grew out of what type of relationship?

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

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

5. What was not started in the south as it is commonly believed?

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