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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. Who was president at the time of the event?
(a) James Buchanan.
(b) Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Zachary Taylor.

2. What devastating period in history also assisted in easing racial tensions?
(a) Great Depression.
(b) WWII.
(c) Stock Market Crash.
(d) Presidential assassination.

3. Who was one of the staunch liberals that permitted a drastic change in the Southern newspapers?
(a) Darning.
(b) Kimble.
(c) McGill.
(d) Irving.

4. In the late 1800s, the US launched a(n) _______ campaign in the Caribbean and Pacific.
(a) Imperialist.
(b) Aristocratic.
(c) Impeachment.
(d) Communist.

5. Which of the following was not included in the act as a benefit for Negroes?
(a) Cost of living subsidy.
(b) Education.
(c) Housing.
(d) Health.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which president was elected in 1960?

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

3. How many years did it take for the Supreme Court to strictly enforce the Brown decision?

4. Historians and sociologists find that certain things were hard to measure. What were those things?

5. Who was referred to as being one of the most brilliant speakers of the 1960s?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event precipitated the end of public school segregation? In what year did the event take place?

2. What input did scholars have on racism? What sections of this group were most influential in the opinion?

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

4. What was a major missing element in the battle for Progressive reform?

5. What violation of civil rights was caused and supported by the regression of blacks?

6. Name some of the reasons for the group to ease back on their efforts.

7. What was the message given to the Negroes from white industrialists? How did it affect nationwide racism?

8. What happened in the 1920s that further suppressed racial equality? What group gained immense power at this time?

9. What happened in 1989 regarding the Jim Crow law?

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

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