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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. Which group of people claimed that segregation was not the issue?
(a) Writers.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Police.
(d) Preachers.

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

3. The conservative position grew out of what type of relationship?
(a) Reformed.
(b) Traditional.
(c) Progressive.
(d) Reconstructed.

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

5. Racial equality was said to be one of the main goals during which time?
(a) Antebellum.
(b) Renaissance.
(c) Reconstruction.
(d) Reformation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was referred to as being one of the most brilliant speakers of the 1960s?

2. Many people compared the South to the politics of what other country?

3. What is the term used for a society in which the people of highest rank are the ones in charge?

4. What caused the biggest conflict between the beliefs of that particular culture and the culture of the blacks?

5. At what college/university was there a racial riot when a black female was enrolled in classes?

(see the answer key)

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