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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. In what year was the NAACP founded?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1909.

2. According to this group, people tended to separate to fall back on their own:
(a) Species.
(b) Folkways.
(c) Morals.
(d) Independence.

3. Which states were the first to wane in their support of the cause?
(a) Northern.
(b) Coastal.
(c) Western.
(d) Southern.

4. Despite New Orleans' reputation and policies _____ days of violence broke out in the city due to racial issues.
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. One idea was to develop a separate _____ office to maintain segregation in public facilities.
(a) Birth and marriage records.
(b) Tax.
(c) Labor relations.
(d) Welfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the governor that violated the federal mandate to allow integration in the school?

2. In 1898, a mob of _____ men burned a black town in North Carolina.

3. Men involved in scientific pursuits are often referred to as "men of _____ and science."

4. By what year did Southern segregation realize its completion?

5. The landmark court case discussed throughout the book is Oliver Brown v. The Board of Education of ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What event followed the murder of the four young girls in a black church?

2. To what level did Southern segregation rise to by 1915?

3. How did racial tensions increase at the end of World War I?

4. The satire that appeared in the press may have been a portent of things to come. Explain.

5. What happened when the courts finally set up a strict implementation plan? Who was in charge?

6. What common enemy helped to ease racial tensions? What was the common goal? Who supported the goal?

7. Describe the three day siege in New Orleans and why it was an extreme example of white aggression.

8. What became the symbol for white supremacy? How was this symbol often flaunted?

9. What happened to many of the people that did not go to fight in World War I?

10. How did the Jim Crow laws change beginning in 1920?

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