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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did the approval for voting appear?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1860.

3. What word best describes the existing laws regarding the rights of black?
(a) Flexible.
(b) Evolving.
(c) Impossible.
(d) Rigid.

4. What was one of the things a freedman might do after leaving the plantation where he lived?
(a) Travel west to Goldrush country.
(b) Move to Canada.
(c) Become a sharecropper.
(d) Purchase a small tract of land from former owner.

5. The level of tolerance regarding racial equality was directly related to which of the following?
(a) Political affiliation.
(b) Age.
(c) Relation to Mason-Dixon line.
(d) Proximity.

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

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

8. In what year did this major historical event take place?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1876.

9. That particular type of philosophy was often referred to as a(n) ______ philosophy.
(a) Aristocratic.
(b) Uninformed.
(c) Purposeless.
(d) Viable.

10. What segment of the changes that took place in the South lasted the longest?
(a) 1st.
(b) 2nd.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 4th.

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

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

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

14. 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.

15. The change in the Constitution and the new order is often referred to as:
(a) Blasphemy.
(b) Reconstruction.
(c) A mistake.
(d) Rejuvenation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Uncle ____ was a term often used to describe Negroes.

2. By separating the whites from the blacks, it was believed that the blacks would remain _____.

3. What was the term used to define government officials put in charge of the new laws regarding former slaves?

4. What part of the south was known to have hundreds of thousands of free blacks?

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

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