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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was president when the case of Brown vs. The Board of Education was decided?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) FDR.
(c) Truman.
(d) Hoover.

2. What was considered to be the "key" year in the Civil Rights movement?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1961.

3. Which is not part of the group that referred to blacks as being lazy?
(a) Sociologists.
(b) Neurologists.
(c) Anthropologists.
(d) Biologists.

4. Where was this particular speech delivered?
(a) Little Rock, AR.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Washington, DC.
(d) Atlanta, GA.

5. In 1898, a mob of _____ men burned a black town in North Carolina.
(a) 300.
(b) 400.
(c) 600.
(d) 1000.

6. What type of reconciliation was most important if the country was going to be able to move forward?
(a) Total.
(b) Northern.
(c) Sectional.
(d) Southern.

7. The main conflict regarding the case and the Supreme Court decision originated in which city?
(a) Fort Worth.
(b) Knoxville.
(c) Little Rock.
(d) Montgomery.

8. The segregation issue also caused another issue, this time regarding a student's _____.
(a) Economic status.
(b) Age.
(c) Transportation.
(d) Level of education.

9. The NAACP file suits against how many school boards throughout the Deep South?
(a) 170.
(b) 182.
(c) 143.
(d) 150.

10. These communities cropped up despite the lack of which of the following?
(a) Legislation.
(b) Permission.
(c) Proposal.
(d) Support.

11. The press made headlines accusing blacks of everything from murder to ______.
(a) Avoidance.
(b) Bitterness.
(c) Conspiracy.
(d) Arrogance.

12. What war seemed to change things for the better, even if only for a short time?
(a) Spanish-American War.
(b) WWII.
(c) Civil War.
(d) WWI.

13. Historians and sociologists find that certain things were hard to measure. What were those things?
(a) Reality and fiction.
(b) Ideas and morals.
(c) Hopes and dreams.
(d) Segregation and integration.

14. Which of the following was not included in the act as a benefit for Negroes?
(a) Health.
(b) Cost of living subsidy.
(c) Housing.
(d) Education.

15. In what year was the NAACP founded?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1912.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of behavior would most likely be used to ensure segregation?

2. New Orleans was a unique city in the South. The author refers to it as being which type of city?

3. It is stated that the American belief in the equality of ______ has never known sectional boundaries.

4. Which president was responsible for eliminating discrimination for federal employees?

5. Who was one of the staunch liberals that permitted a drastic change in the Southern newspapers?

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