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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The objective of the White Citizens Council that sprang up throughout the South was to do what?
(a) Integrate the South.
(b) Relocate Blacks.
(c) Destroy Brown v. Board.
(d) Reinstate slavery.

2. What is the title of the Prologue?
(a) Awakening.
(b) Kindling.
(c) Incitement.
(d) Firewood.

3. In which newspaper was the author’s initial piece about “white rage” published?
(a) Washington Post.
(b) Milwaukee Tribune.
(c) New York Times.
(d) Chicago Defender.

4. What word describes the claim made in the Deep South and Virginia stating they did not have to follow federal laws with which they disagreed?
(a) Interlocution.
(b) Interrogation.
(c) Intergeneration.
(d) Interposition.

5. As more Blacks moved north, what happened as a result of the increased housing demand?
(a) Blacks moved to Europe.
(b) Rents increased.
(c) Rents decreased.
(d) People moved back South.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1920, there had been approximately how many lynchings per decade?

2. The Reconstruction Act was passed in what year?

3. What was one method used to integrate schools?

4. What was the mayor of New York’s reaction to the murder of Amadou Diallo?

5. What does HUAC stand for?

(see the answer key)

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