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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. Which president was elected in 1960?

2. Who was the leader of the National Urban League?

3. How many Negro towns were formulated as a result of community restrictions?

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

5. Where was this particular speech delivered?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is considered to be the key year in the Civil Rights Movement? What non-violent protest action came into popularity?

3. What was a major missing element in the battle for Progressive reform?

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

5. What event precipitated the end of public school segregation? In what year did the event take place?

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

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

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

9. Name some of the reasons for the group to ease back on their efforts.

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author talks about symbols of white supremacy. Discuss at least five symbols used by the white supremacists since the fall of the Antebellum South. Which symbols are still in use today? Where are you most likely to find these symbols? Is it illegal to use these symbols? Which do you feel is the most offensive? Explain.

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

Discuss police involvement in the Old South. How did the police react to racial violence? Were the police true to the law or were their actions biased? If the actions were biased, in what way were they biased and by whom? How could the blacks know if the police were on their side? What might have been done to ensure that the police were on hand to protect and serve?

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