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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 is best used to describe the pre-war south?
(a) Metropolitan.
(b) Urban.
(c) Rural.
(d) Country.

2. The phrase came from a book written by which author?
(a) Cable.
(b) Stowe.
(c) Twain.
(d) Harrison.

3. What is the term used for a society in which the people of highest rank are the ones in charge?
(a) Savoir faire.
(b) Gentrification.
(c) Aristocracy.
(d) Noblesse Oblige.

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

5. Which of the following may not be to blame for the continuance of the attitudes of the people regarding slavery?
(a) Rally of plantation owners.
(b) Apparent permanent status.
(c) Attitude of northerners.
(d) Resignation of blacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was another name for the outdated laws that pigeon-holed blacks?

2. In what year did this major historical event take place?

3. What term was used to describe former slaves?

4. What is it called when a prevalent body or thought rules the land?

5. It is not yet known how ______ will eventually view these drastic changes in the system.

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1877, a major historical event occurred. What was the event and what did it mean in relation to the Reconstruction?

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

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

4. Describe the basic structure of the plantation and the relationship between slave and owner.

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

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

7. What threatened the main order of the way things were in the south? What court case was seen as a landmark case in regards to segregation?

8. Although the South is usually seen as being the worst of two evils when it comes to mixed cultures, the North practiced more residential segregation. Explain.

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

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

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