View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is not one of the places listed as a location where southern blacks and whites might co-mingle?
(a) Grog Shops.
(b) Mixed balls.
(c) Schools.
(d) Religious meetings.

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

3. The next phase was not governed by federal law. It was governed by which of the following?
(a) Political conservatives.
(b) Socio-economic progression.
(c) Religious preference.
(d) Military force.

4. What was responsible for assisting the schools and other organizations adapt to the new laws?
(a) Actions of federal agencies.
(b) Walk outs.
(c) Threatening actions.
(d) Protests.

5. Blacks were allowed to be an integrated part of the crowds on "common carriers." Which of the following is not a common carrier mentioned in the book?
(a) Train.
(b) Plane.
(c) Steamboat.
(d) Streecars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which segment of the Southern population believed in a societal hierarchy regarding the blacks?

2. What was named as being the next phase of the civil rights movement?

3. Northern blacks, unlike Southern blacks were considered to be free but were not permitted to have a particular status. What was it?

4. What was in steady decline between 1820 and 1860?

5. How many Northern states allowed black men to vote at this time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 756 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample