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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which state did the renaissance begin?
(a) New York.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) North Carolina.

2. Who was responsible for "chipping away" at the 14th Amendment in the late 1800s?
(a) President.
(b) National Guard.
(c) Federal government.
(d) Supreme Court.

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

4. What was the name of the landmark legislation put into effect by the president?
(a) Expedition Act.
(b) Interstate Commerce Act.
(c) New Deal.
(d) Gold Standard Act.

5. Who was one of the staunch liberals that permitted a drastic change in the Southern newspapers?
(a) Darning.
(b) Kimble.
(c) McGill.
(d) Irving.

6. In what year was there a struggle in regards to a Southern state and the Jim Crow law?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1894.

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

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

9. What was a common name used to describe black neighborhoods?
(a) Suburbs.
(b) Slum.
(c) Ghetto.
(d) Darktown.

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

11. How many years did it take for the Supreme Court to strictly enforce the Brown decision?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

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

13. Another powerful force mentioned by the author was a movement involving black churches. What term is used to describe the movement?
(a) Religious Movement.
(b) Social gospel.
(c) Evangelist Expansion.
(d) Preachers Progress.

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

15. Which president was elected in 1960?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Truman.
(d) Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Men involved in scientific pursuits are often referred to as "men of _____ and science."

2. The NAACP was working in tandem with which other organization?

3. What was considered to be the "key" year in the Civil Rights movement?

4. After WWII the number of blacks living outside the South rose to this height:

5. Who was referred to as being one of the most brilliant speakers of the 1960s?

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