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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what year was the NAACP founded?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1912.

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

5. According to this group, people tended to separate to fall back on their own:
(a) Independence.
(b) Morals.
(c) Folkways.
(d) Species.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Which is not part of the group that referred to blacks as being lazy?
(a) Anthropologists.
(b) Neurologists.
(c) Sociologists.
(d) Biologists.

13. After WWII the number of blacks living outside the South rose to this height:
(a) 4.6 million.
(b) 2.4 million.
(c) 1.5 million.
(d) 3.8 million.

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

15. The NAACP file suits against how many school boards throughout the Deep South?
(a) 182.
(b) 150.
(c) 170.
(d) 143.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what college/university was there a racial riot when a black female was enrolled in classes?

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

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

5. 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?

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