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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. Which is not part of the group that referred to blacks as being lazy?
(a) Sociologists.
(b) Anthropologists.
(c) Biologists.
(d) Neurologists.

2. Southern Progressives are credited with helping to elect _____ as President of the US.
(a) FDR.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Taft.

3. These communities cropped up despite the lack of which of the following?
(a) Proposal.
(b) Permission.
(c) Support.
(d) Legislation.

4. What two states were controlled by members of the KKK at this time?
(a) South Carolina and Georgia.
(b) Oklahoma and Texas.
(c) Alabama and Louisiana.
(d) Arkansas and Virginia.

5. Who was the leader of the National Urban League?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Jones.
(c) Jordan.
(d) Jameson.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is stated that the American belief in the equality of ______ has never known sectional boundaries.

2. Which states were the first to wane in their support of the cause?

3. Which of the following was not included in the act as a benefit for Negroes?

4. After WWII the number of blacks living outside the South rose to this height:

5. What type of behavior would most likely be used to ensure segregation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major action taken in Arkansas caused a national uproar? What happened as a result of the actions?

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

3. 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?

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

5. What was believed to be the cause of the Second Reconstruction?

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

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

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

9. How did the occurrence of World War I benefit the Negro?

10. What was the first group to back down from the extreme fight against racism?

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