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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what year did Southern segregation realize its completion?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1921.

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

3. What war seemed to change things for the better, even if only for a short time?
(a) WWI.
(b) Spanish-American War.
(c) WWII.
(d) Civil War.

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

5. What was considered to be the "key" year in the Civil Rights movement?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1960.

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

7. People were careful to note the impact of the post-war struggle between democracy and _______.
(a) Marxism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Capitalism.

8. One of the cases that ended the period of this change was Plessy v. _______.
(a) Ferguson.
(b) Bradford.
(c) Brown.
(d) Watson.

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

10. 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.

11. Men involved in scientific pursuits are often referred to as "men of _____ and science."
(a) Education.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Letters.
(d) Intellect.

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

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

14. How many children were killed during the time of the church bombing?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In which two states did Kennedy attempt to force integration?

3. 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?

4. The main conflict regarding the case and the Supreme Court decision originated in which city?

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

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