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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) 1934.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1909.

2. The NAACP was working in tandem with which other organization?
(a) Urban League.
(b) Reconstructionists.
(c) ACLU.
(d) KKK.

3. What word/phrase was used by Virginia Dabney in reference to a group of white troublemakers?
(a) Thugs.
(b) Hooligans.
(c) Scrappers.
(d) Rabble-rousers.

4. What word is used to mean something that is required by law?
(a) Instituted.
(b) Mandated.
(c) Established.
(d) Introduced.

5. The NAACP file suits against how many school boards throughout the Deep South?
(a) 143.
(b) 182.
(c) 150.
(d) 170.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Voting Rights Bill pass?

2. New Orleans was a unique city in the South. The author refers to it as being which type of city?

3. Who was president when the case of Brown vs. The Board of Education was decided?

4. It was said that after the war, people were more interested in the pursuit or prosperity as well as:

5. One idea was to develop a separate _____ office to maintain segregation in public facilities.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the riots that took place during 1919. How many cities experienced the racial violence?

4. What event precipitated the New Reconstruction? How was compliance enforced?

5. What was the first major action taken by the NAACP?

6. What group of states announced that it would integrate their schools? What was the opinion of the school systems in the Deep South regarding the time line?

7. Did either party have a leader that stood up to take a strong stand on integration? What was the call put forth at the 1956 conventions?

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

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

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

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