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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. At what college/university was there a racial riot when a black female was enrolled in classes?
(a) University of Alabama.
(b) Wake Forest.
(c) Nashville College of the Arts.
(d) University of South Carolina.

2. In what year were the Slaughter House Cases tried?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1881.
(d) 1885.

3. How many Negro towns were formulated as a result of community restrictions?
(a) 30.
(b) 10.
(c) 40.
(d) 25.

4. After WWII the number of blacks living outside the South rose to this height:
(a) 3.8 million.
(b) 2.4 million.
(c) 4.6 million.
(d) 1.5 million.

5. In which state did the renaissance begin?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) New York.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Maryland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of reconciliation was most important if the country was going to be able to move forward?

2. What law officially "killed" Jim Crow?

3. An attempt was made to save the Supreme Court from having to try cases involving the school integration plan. Who was charged with handling the court cases?

4. What is the name for the restrictive foreign politics?

5. In what decade did the Ku Klux Klan reach the height of its power?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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