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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Men involved in scientific pursuits are often referred to as "men of _____ and science."
(a) Education.
(b) Letters.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Intellect.

2. Who was the president of the Atlanta School Board in 1970?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Mays.
(c) Mason.
(d) Morgan.

3. Who was referred to as being one of the most brilliant speakers of the 1960s?
(a) Eggers.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) King.
(d) Kennedy.

4. There was fear that if integration was wholly successful, blacks may give up distinctions they abhorred but they would also give up distinctions they ____.
(a) Cherished.
(b) Created.
(c) Supported.
(d) Owned.

5. One idea was to develop a separate _____ office to maintain segregation in public facilities.
(a) Tax.
(b) Welfare.
(c) Labor relations.
(d) Birth and marriage records.

6. In what year was the Civil Rights Act made into law?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1958.

7. According to this group, people tended to separate to fall back on their own:
(a) Folkways.
(b) Morals.
(c) Species.
(d) Independence.

8. Many people compared the South to the politics of what other country?
(a) Greece.
(b) South Africa.
(c) China.
(d) Egypt.

9. What devastating period in history also assisted in easing racial tensions?
(a) Stock Market Crash.
(b) WWII.
(c) Great Depression.
(d) Presidential assassination.

10. The appointment of a(n) _________ in South Carolina fueled even more racial violence.
(a) Judge.
(b) Attorney General.
(c) Secretary of Commerce.
(d) Postmaster.

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

12. What was the name of the governor that violated the federal mandate to allow integration in the school?
(a) Faubus.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) King.
(d) Montrose.

13. Which of the following was not a word used to describe the downtrodden state of many of the supporters of racial equality?
(a) Tired.
(b) Discredited.
(c) Complacent.
(d) Weakened.

14. It is stated that the American belief in the equality of ______ has never known sectional boundaries.
(a) Opportunity.
(b) Notherners and Southerners.
(c) Men.
(d) Livelihood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Negro towns were formulated as a result of community restrictions?

2. Which state stepped forward with this particular issue?

3. Which is not mentioned in the list of things blacks are still being denied?

4. In this case the state objected to the Jim Crow law regarding which of the following?

5. Despite New Orleans' reputation and policies _____ days of violence broke out in the city due to racial issues.

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