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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) Rural.
(b) Metropolitan.
(c) Urban.
(d) Country.

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

3. What was named as being the next phase of the civil rights movement?
(a) Segregation Release.
(b) Second Coming.
(c) Crow Movement.
(d) Second Reconstruction.

4. From which state did the court case originate?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Tennessee.

5. What is the word or phrase that generally means the way things are?
(a) Status quo.
(b) Ipso facto.
(c) Stationary.
(d) Regulated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term was used to describe former slaves?

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

3. 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?

4. What trait did both the Democrat and Republican parties share at the time?

5. In what year was a decision made regarding the case?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the atmosphere regarding the presence of blacks in public and private facilities during the late 19th century.

3. Describe some of the choices Southerner were required to make regarding the status of races.

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

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