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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which states were the first to wane in their support of the cause?
(a) Western.
(b) Northern.
(c) Coastal.
(d) Southern.

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

3. Despite New Orleans' reputation and policies _____ days of violence broke out in the city due to racial issues.
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

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

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

6. Racists often referred to Negroes as lacking which of the following?
(a) Skills.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Intelligence.

7. Which president was responsible for eliminating discrimination for federal employees?
(a) FDR.
(b) Truman.
(c) Hoover.
(d) Wilson.

8. Whose ghost is predicted to haunt a troubled people although he is long dead?
(a) Jim Crow.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Martin Luther King.
(d) Orville Faubus.

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

10. What word is used to mean something that is required by law?
(a) Mandated.
(b) Established.
(c) Instituted.
(d) Introduced.

11. Many communities placed which kind of restriction on their residents to keep their neighborhoods segregated?
(a) Income.
(b) Deed.
(c) Rental.
(d) Transportation.

12. 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) Created.
(b) Supported.
(c) Cherished.
(d) Owned.

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

14. What is commonly known as the speech given by Martin Luther King, Jr.?
(a) In the Eyes of God.
(b) I Have a Dream.
(c) All Men Are Created Equal.
(d) One Day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Segregation was referred to as being what kind of idea?

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

3. In which state did the renaissance begin?

4. In what year was the NAACP founded?

5. How many cases eventually backed up, forcing the Supreme Court to step in?

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