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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 quote provided in the introduction discusses where the Jim Crow System was effective. Which is not mentioned in the quote?
(a) Hospitals.
(b) Cemeteries.
(c) Restaurants.
(d) Trains and buses.

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

3. A small minority of domestic slaves developed what with their masters?
(a) Trust.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Resentment.
(d) Intimate relationships.

4. What word best describes the existing laws regarding the rights of black?
(a) Rigid.
(b) Impossible.
(c) Flexible.
(d) Evolving.

5. Many groups of blacks pushed to be able to have equal use of which of the following?
(a) Water fountains.
(b) Freedom of speech.
(c) Public communications.
(d) Restaurant facilities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was never even considered between slaves and land owners?

2. What is the word used for the action of engaging blacks into society as equals?

3. What is the word that best describes the members of the Republican party that pushed for total integration?

4. What was not started in the south as it is commonly believed?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Explain at least one of the reasons the whites wanted to press the issue of blacks being an inferior race.

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. Name at least one major change that took place during the Redemption.

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

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