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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Southern Progressives are credited with helping to elect _____ as President of the US.
(a) Taft.
(b) FDR.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Wilson.

3. What was the name of the city that burned?
(a) Wilmington.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Winston-Salem.
(d) Raleigh.

4. An attempt was made to save the Supreme Court from having to try cases involving the school integration plan. Who was charged with handling the court cases?
(a) Federal District Court.
(b) Local Magistrate.
(c) State Supreme Court.
(d) County Court.

5. In this case the state objected to the Jim Crow law regarding which of the following?
(a) Public office.
(b) Schools.
(c) Railways.
(d) Water fountains.

6. Segregation was referred to as being what kind of idea?
(a) Inherited.
(b) Innate.
(c) Inherent.
(d) Ingrained.

7. The NAACP was working in tandem with which other organization?
(a) Reconstructionists.
(b) ACLU.
(c) KKK.
(d) Urban League.

8. Despite their actions, _________ were still surpassed in their efforts by black integrationists.
(a) Populists.
(b) Nationalists.
(c) Seperatists.
(d) Democrats.

9. In the late 1800s, the US launched a(n) _______ campaign in the Caribbean and Pacific.
(a) Impeachment.
(b) Imperialist.
(c) Aristocratic.
(d) Communist.

10. In how many cities did race riots occur after the return of white soldiers?
(a) 25.
(b) 40.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

11. It was said that after the war, people were more interested in the pursuit or prosperity as well as:
(a) Self-indulgence.
(b) Self-pity.
(c) Self-involvement.
(d) Self-centeredness.

12. In what year were the Slaughter House Cases tried?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1881.
(d) 1873.

13. In 1906, this city in Georgia was under siege with many people being murdered and lynched.
(a) Savannah.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Marietta.
(d) Athens.

14. How many cases eventually backed up, forcing the Supreme Court to step in?
(a) 23.
(b) 28.
(c) 12.
(d) 19.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Historians and sociologists find that certain things were hard to measure. What were those things?

2. Which of the following was not included in the act as a benefit for Negroes?

3. What was a common name used to describe black neighborhoods?

4. The segregation of Southern schools remained an issue even after the Supreme Court decision handed down in what year?

5. What law officially "killed" Jim Crow?

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