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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word/phrase was used by Virginia Dabney in reference to a group of white troublemakers?
(a) Hooligans.
(b) Thugs.
(c) Scrappers.
(d) Rabble-rousers.

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

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

4. In which two states did Kennedy attempt to force integration?
(a) South Carolina and Oklahoma.
(b) North Carolina and Arkansas.
(c) Alabama and Mississippi.
(d) Tennessee and Georgia.

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

6. Which president signed the Voting Rights Bill into law?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Kennedy.

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

8. The other famous case mentioned during this time was Williams against an American state. What state was it?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Arkanasas.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Mississippi.

9. What group referred to itself as being the last civil rights group to believe in integration?
(a) AFLCIO.
(b) NAACP.
(c) KKK.
(d) ACLU.

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

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

12. What was the name of the school in Little Rock that faced racial violence when it attempted to integrate black students?
(a) Wilfred Academy.
(b) Reynolds High School.
(c) Little Rock Secondary.
(d) Central High School.

13. What two states were controlled by members of the KKK at this time?
(a) Alabama and Louisiana.
(b) South Carolina and Georgia.
(c) Arkansas and Virginia.
(d) Oklahoma and Texas.

14. Which state stepped forward with this particular issue?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Alabama.

15. At what college/university was there a racial riot when a black female was enrolled in classes?
(a) University of South Carolina.
(b) University of Alabama.
(c) Wake Forest.
(d) Nashville College of the Arts.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade did the Ku Klux Klan reach the height of its power?

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

3. At its peak, how many members belonged to the white supremacy organization?

4. The landmark court case discussed throughout the book is Oliver Brown v. The Board of Education of ________.

5. In what year was the Civil Rights Act made into law?

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