2. What word best describes how the liberals felt about that particular policy?
(a) Degrading.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Humiliating.

3. What was in steady decline between 1820 and 1860?
(a) Underground railroad.
(b) City life.
(c) Religious freedom.
(d) Segregation.

4. What was another name for the outdated laws that pigeon-holed blacks?
(a) Plantation laws.
(b) Slavery Act of 1861.
(c) Jim Crow.
(d) Reprehensible.

5. What is the word that best describes the members of the Republican party that pushed for total integration?
(a) Right Wing.
(b) Radical.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Progressive.

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

7. What is it called when a prevalent body or thought rules the land?
(a) Mutiny.
(b) Regime.
(c) Communism.
(d) Aberration.

8. 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.

9. Who is the author of "The Silent South?"
(a) Lewis.
(b) Blair.
(c) Cable.
(d) Fitzgerald.

10. What is still the most prevalent issue between blacks and other ethnicities in the US?
(a) Civil rights.
(b) Labor Union.
(c) Civil War.
(d) Slavery.

11. What was a common name often used to disparage whites?
(a) Cracker.
(b) Honky.
(c) Whitebred.
(d) Wasp.

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

13. What was named as being the next phase of the civil rights movement?
(a) Second Reconstruction.
(b) Crow Movement.
(c) Segregation Release.
(d) Second Coming.

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

15. At the turn of the century, blacks were placed where on the rungs of society?
(a) Middle.
(b) Top third.
(c) Bottom half.
(d) Bottom.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What is the well-known name of the group that wanted to end slavery?

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

5. What culture had and has a belief that it is superior to the black culture?

(see the answer keys)

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