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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the book published?

2. Who was the most well known leader of the Southern Populists?

3. What is another name given to the Great Compromise?

4. What was another term for the walled compounds where blacks worked as slaves?

5. What is still the most prevalent issue between blacks and other ethnicities in the US?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the coastal northern states tend to differ in opinion from the northeastern states that were located further inland? Explain.

2. What major step is included in the second phase of history in the south? What was it called?

3. What event(s) caused the federal government to take less interest in civil rights activities?

4. What does the author say about exploitation from 1877-1900?

5. Although conservatives were often the enemy of the civil rights movement at the time, blacks often sought solace there. Explain.

6. Describe some of the choices Southerner were required to make regarding the status of races.

7. Overall, how can the all of the segments be bound to one specific group or cause? What was the outcome as far as how it has progressed?

8. The laws responsible for keeping blacks have developed a nickname. What was the name and where did it supposedly come from?

9. According to the text, what was included in the first segment of southern history as we know it? How many segments are there in total?

10. Although more states entered the union, there were no new laws regarding blacks. Discuss this fact and the eligibility of voting status for black men.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Give examples of specific acts of racial violence in white neighborhoods. Focus on various ethnicities and not just blacks. Also use immigrants as targets for racial and ethnic violence.

Essay Topic 2

Write how you think the issue of segregation would be handled in today's court system. How would the approach change? Would the court proceedings receive national media attention like it did in the 1870s? Would the case require the intervention of the NAACP and high powered attorneys? State reasons for your opinions, using as many facts as possible.

Essay Topic 3

The author talks about blacks leaving white churches in order to form their own. One of the most famous Southern black churches was the AME Church. What is the AME Church? Describe the church, its founders, mission, purpose and actions. Where was the church based? How many affiliates were there? How was the church affiliated with the black community? Does the church still exist?

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