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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Complacent.
(c) Discredited.
(d) Weakened.

4. The segregation of Southern schools remained an issue even after the Supreme Court decision handed down in what year?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1957.

5. 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.

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

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

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

9. In what decade did the Ku Klux Klan reach the height of its power?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1920s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1910s.

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

11. What was the name of the agreement reached between the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP and the Atlanta School Board?
(a) Integration Charter.
(b) The King Pact.
(c) Second Atlanta Comprise.
(d) NAACP/ASB Treaty.

12. The press made headlines accusing blacks of everything from murder to ______.
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Conspiracy.
(c) Avoidance.
(d) Arrogance.

13. New Orleans was a unique city in the South. The author refers to it as being which type of city?
(a) Unaffected.
(b) Color blind.
(c) Accepting.
(d) Opportunistic.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the late 1800s, the US launched a(n) _______ campaign in the Caribbean and Pacific.

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

4. What was the name of the artistic resurgence that took place in the 1920s and 1930s?

5. Many communities placed which kind of restriction on their residents to keep their neighborhoods segregated?

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