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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Which states seemed to have the most tolerance for desegregation?
(a) Southern.
(b) Border.
(c) Coastal.
(d) Inland.

5. What is the word used to describe people who disliked or were afraid of the Negroes?
(a) Negrophobes.
(b) Collaborators.
(c) Negrophiles.
(d) Supremacists.

6. In what year was the book published?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1898.

7. What was not started in the south as it is commonly believed?
(a) Plantations.
(b) Desegregation.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Civil rights.

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

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

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

11. What term was used to describe former slaves?
(a) Animals.
(b) Runaways.
(c) Freedmen.
(d) Crow's people.

12. Many blacks withdrew from various parts of society for a number of reasons. Which is not mentioned in the text?
(a) Fear.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Anger.
(d) Discomfort.

13. What was the name of the policy that stated that slave owners should remain in charge because they knew best?
(a) Paternalism.
(b) Plantationism.
(c) Obfuscation.
(d) Orientation.

14. From which state did the court case originate?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Tennessee.

15. What aspect of Southern history involves plantations and slaves?
(a) Popular South.
(b) Historical South.
(c) Confederate South.
(d) Old South.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the things a freedman might do after leaving the plantation where he lived?

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

3. In what year did this major historical event take place?

4. What was in steady decline between 1820 and 1860?

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

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