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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What culture had and has a belief that it is superior to the black culture?
(a) Caucasian.
(b) European.
(c) Asian.
(d) Anglo-Saxon.

2. What famous court case was monumental in changing laws and views regarding segregation?
(a) Brown vv. the Board of Education.
(b) Roe vv. Wade.
(c) Scopes Trial.
(d) Tennessee Evolution Case.

3. The phrase came from a book written by which author?
(a) Stowe.
(b) Twain.
(c) Harrison.
(d) Cable.

4. What city was most likely the glaring exception in regards to segregation in this era?
(a) Little Rock.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Memphis.
(d) New Orleans.

5. Uncle ____ was a term often used to describe Negroes.
(a) Frank.
(b) George.
(c) Tom.
(d) Mason.

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

7. What word was often used to describe the status of a black person, whether or not he was free?
(a) Regal.
(b) Inferior.
(c) Worthy.
(d) Worthless.

8. The Northerners often ignored what part of their cities?
(a) Ghettos.
(b) Slums.
(c) Town centers.
(d) Suburbs.

9. In what month did the Brown case come to an end?
(a) October.
(b) April.
(c) August.
(d) May.

10. In which of the coastal states did blacks continue to hold political or public office?
(a) Maryland.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) South Carolina.

11. What formal document is said to have officially abolished slavery?
(a) Treaty of Lee and Grant.
(b) Watergate.
(c) Gettysburg Address.
(d) Emancipation Proclamation.

12. How many Northern states allowed black men to vote at this time?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 3.

13. Liberals fought hard against which of the following notions?
(a) Whites are inherently superior.
(b) Blacks are lazy.
(c) The South should remain separate.
(d) Desegretation will lead to interracial marriages.

14. What was the term used to define government officials put in charge of the new laws regarding former slaves?
(a) Resurrected.
(b) Reformed.
(c) Relinquished.
(d) Redeemed.

15. Which of the following groups were not required to follow the new segregation laws?
(a) Military.
(b) Restaurants.
(c) Churches.
(d) Labor unions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following walked out following the new federal mandates?

2. That particular type of philosophy was often referred to as a(n) ______ philosophy.

3. The level of tolerance regarding racial equality was directly related to which of the following?

4. What segment of the changes that took place in the South lasted the longest?

5. What was another term for the walled compounds where blacks worked as slaves?

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