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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The next phase was not governed by federal law. It was governed by which of the following?
(a) Socio-economic progression.
(b) Religious preference.
(c) Political conservatives.
(d) Military force.

2. In what year was a decision made regarding the case?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1955.

3. Which segment of the Southern population believed in a societal hierarchy regarding the blacks?
(a) Select class.
(b) Lower class.
(c) Upper class.
(d) Poverty stricken.

4. Many groups of blacks pushed to be able to have equal use of which of the following?
(a) Public communications.
(b) Water fountains.
(c) Restaurant facilities.
(d) Freedom of speech.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Which of the following may not be to blame for the continuance of the attitudes of the people regarding slavery?
(a) Apparent permanent status.
(b) Resignation of blacks.
(c) Attitude of northerners.
(d) Rally of plantation owners.

12. The actions that took place in the South during this period are often thought of as being a/an:
(a) Aberration.
(b) Mutiny.
(c) Resistance.
(d) Revolution.

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

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

15. What item was often provided to slaves, much to the surprise of the current white population?
(a) Education.
(b) Property ownership..
(c) Medical care.
(d) Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was never even considered between slaves and land owners?

2. What is still the most prevalent issue between blacks and other ethnicities in the US?

3. The change in the Constitution and the new order is often referred to as:

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

5. According to the author, only a small percentage of ______ has escaped attack.

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