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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. What word was often used to describe the status of a black person, whether or not he was free?
(a) Regal.
(b) Worthless.
(c) Inferior.
(d) Worthy.

2. What was the name of the policy that stated that slave owners should remain in charge because they knew best?
(a) Paternalism.
(b) Plantationism.
(c) Obfuscation.
(d) Orientation.

3. Although there was close proximity of the slaves and land owners, it did not mean that there was a sense of long term ______.
(a) Friendship.
(b) Service.
(c) Trust.
(d) Loyalty.

4. What trait did both the Democrat and Republican parties share at the time?
(a) Work toward desegregation.
(b) Belief in white supremacy.
(c) Fending off foreign enemies.
(d) Uniting North and South.

5. Uncle ____ was a term often used to describe Negroes.
(a) Mason.
(b) Frank.
(c) George.
(d) Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. The level of tolerance regarding racial equality was directly related to which of the following?

2. What was the term used to define government officials put in charge of the new laws regarding former slaves?

3. What is the word or phrase that generally means the way things are?

4. What is still the most prevalent issue between blacks and other ethnicities in the US?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Discuss the court system in regards to racial segregation.

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

5. How did the coastal northern states tend to differ in opinion from the northeastern states that were located further inland? Explain.

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

7. Despite the relationships that may have developed in this setting, one should never assume that it would affect what part of the relationship?

8. Despite the advances made in race relationships since the end of the Civil War, the battle between the North and South still carries some weight. Discuss this concept and why it is still a popular issue.

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

10. What actions and events was the most recent phase responsible for bringing about?

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