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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The actions that took place in the South during this period are often thought of as being a/an:
(a) Revolution.
(b) Aberration.
(c) Resistance.
(d) Mutiny.

2. Which states seemed to have the most tolerance for desegregation?
(a) Southern.
(b) Inland.
(c) Border.
(d) Coastal.

3. What was another name for the outdated laws that pigeon-holed blacks?
(a) Jim Crow.
(b) Slavery Act of 1861.
(c) Plantation laws.
(d) Reprehensible.

4. In what year was "The Silent South" published?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1903.

5. In what year did this major historical event take place?
(a) 1877.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1873.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major historical event took place in the 1870s?

2. Many blacks withdrew from various parts of society for a number of reasons. Which is not mentioned in the text?

3. Which of the following was not part of the fourth segment?

4. Which is not one of the places listed as a location where southern blacks and whites might co-mingle?

5. By separating the whites from the blacks, it was believed that the blacks would remain _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What important period does the third segment of the history follow? How does it relate to the others? How was this period characterized?

2. According to the text, what was included in the first segment of southern history as we know it? How many segments are there in total?

3. It has been shown that full-fledged segregation occurred in the North, and was transported to the South after the Civil War. Discuss this fact.

4. What were the names of some of the alternatives presented to the Southerners?

5. The author gives examples of the types of places in which segregation was prevalent. Name some of those social and political arenas.

6. What event(s) caused the federal government to take less interest in civil rights activities?

7. Discuss why city life in the Antebellum South was not really amenable to slavery and segregation. How was city life affected?

8. What phenomena emerged that may have caused the end of the alliance between blacks and conservative whites?

9. What does the author say about exploitation from 1877-1900?

10. Although conservatives were often the enemy of the civil rights movement at the time, blacks often sought solace there. Explain.

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