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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. What aspect of Southern history involves plantations and slaves?
2. What word was often used to describe the status of a black person, whether or not he was free?
3. Who was the most well known leader of the Southern Populists?
4. What was named as being the next phase of the civil rights movement?
5. In what year did this event take place?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the atmosphere regarding the presence of blacks in public and private facilities during the late 19th century.
2. Although conservatives were often the enemy of the civil rights movement at the time, blacks often sought solace there. Explain.
3. 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?
4. What does the author say about exploitation from 1877-1900?
5. 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.
6. What important period does the third segment of the history follow? How does it relate to the others? How was this period characterized?
7. What phenomena emerged that may have caused the end of the alliance between blacks and conservative whites?
8. The author gives examples of the types of places in which segregation was prevalent. Name some of those social and political arenas.
9. Describe what it was like in regards to racial separation in the Antebellum South, particularly in the cities.
10. Although the South is usually seen as being the worst of two evils when it comes to mixed cultures, the North practiced more residential segregation. Explain.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Lincoln often avoided the topics of abolition, slave ownership and interracial marriage. Why? Was the restriction a personal choice or made for the benefit of Lincoln's political career? How might the Democrats have responded if Lincoln had addressed these issues at Gettysburg? Since these topics were avoided, what main topic did Lincoln speak about at Gettysburg?
Essay Topic 2
Some of the most racially aggressive groups in the United States from the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement into the present include the Ku Klux Klan, Regulators, Skinheads, and Whitecappers. Describe each group, it intents and purposes as well as its violent and non-violent activities.
Essay Topic 3
One of the most common the signs of defiance is the Confederate flag. In modern times, the Confederate flag is often considered to be racist. Compare and contrast the United States flag with the Confederate flag. Where did the makers of each flag get the idea for its design? Do you feel that the Confederate flag should be banned due to its history?
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