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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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) Become a sharecropper.
(c) Move to Canada.
(d) Purchase a small tract of land from former owner.

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

6. The great historical event was thought to have caused the end of an important time period. What was it called?
(a) Reconstruction.
(b) Great Compromise.
(c) Civil Rights movement.
(d) Civil War.

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

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

9. According to the author, only a small percentage of ______ has escaped attack.
(a) Blacks.
(b) Segregation code.
(c) Northern laws.
(d) Underground railroad.

10. By separating the whites from the blacks, it was believed that the blacks would remain _____.
(a) Uneducated.
(b) Humble.
(c) Captive.
(d) Subordinate.

11. Which of the following walked out following the new federal mandates?
(a) State government officials.
(b) Vice President.
(c) Local government officials.
(d) Federal troops.

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

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

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

15. Northern blacks, unlike Southern blacks were considered to be free but were not permitted to have a particular status. What was it?
(a) Government.
(b) Political.
(c) Professional.
(d) Legal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term was used to describe former slaves?

2. Many blacks withdrew from various parts of society for a number of reasons. Which is not mentioned in the text?

3. How many Northern states allowed black men to vote at this time?

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

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

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