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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was president when the case of Brown vs. The Board of Education was decided?
(a) FDR.
(b) Truman.
(c) Hoover.
(d) Eisenhower.

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

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

4. At its peak, how many members belonged to the white supremacy organization?
(a) 2 million.
(b) 8 million.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 3.5 million.

5. What is the name for the restrictive foreign politics?
(a) Separatism.
(b) Khmer Rouge.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Apartheid.

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

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

8. The segregation issue also caused another issue, this time regarding a student's _____.
(a) Level of education.
(b) Transportation.
(c) Age.
(d) Economic status.

9. The main conflict regarding the case and the Supreme Court decision originated in which city?
(a) Knoxville.
(b) Fort Worth.
(c) Little Rock.
(d) Montgomery.

10. In 1898, a mob of _____ men burned a black town in North Carolina.
(a) 1000.
(b) 300.
(c) 400.
(d) 600.

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

12. How many Negro towns were formulated as a result of community restrictions?
(a) 30.
(b) 40.
(c) 10.
(d) 25.

13. What was the name of the city that burned?
(a) Wilmington.
(b) Winston-Salem.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Raleigh.

14. Which is not mentioned in the list of things blacks are still being denied?
(a) Education.
(b) Healthcare.
(c) Income equality.
(d) Right to vote.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was one of the staunch liberals that permitted a drastic change in the Southern newspapers?

2. Which state stepped forward with this particular issue?

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

4. It is stated that the American belief in the equality of ______ has never known sectional boundaries.

5. Many people compared the South to the politics of what other country?

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