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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) Mutiny.
(c) Aberration.
(d) Resistance.

2. It is not yet known how ______ will eventually view these drastic changes in the system.
(a) Government.
(b) Whites.
(c) History.
(d) Blacks.

3. The change in the Constitution and the new order is often referred to as:
(a) Reconstruction.
(b) A mistake.
(c) Blasphemy.
(d) Rejuvenation.

4. What public meeting place was one of the most affected by segregation after the slaves were freed?
(a) Supermarkets.
(b) Churches.
(c) Bars.
(d) Railways.

5. By separating the whites from the blacks, it was believed that the blacks would remain _____.
(a) Uneducated.
(b) Humble.
(c) Subordinate.
(d) Captive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another name given to the Great Compromise?

2. The Northerners often ignored what part of their cities?

3. What part of the south was known to have hundreds of thousands of free blacks?

4. Which of the following walked out following the new federal mandates?

5. Who is the author of "Prosperity of the South Dependent Upon the Elevation of the Negro?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What major step is included in the second phase of history in the south? What was it called?

2. What kind of impact did the court case have on government agencies?

3. The laws responsible for keeping blacks have developed a nickname. What was the name and where did it supposedly come from?

4. While some locales seemed to have some improvement regarding segregation, there were other places where other phenomena were appearing. Explain.

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

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

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

8. Overall, how can the all of the segments be bound to one specific group or cause? What was the outcome as far as how it has progressed?

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

10. Describe what it was like in regards to racial separation in the Antebellum South, particularly in the cities.

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