1. As the nation began to lag behind because of lack of education, who did some Southerners placed blame?
(a) White teachers.
(b) White parents.
(c) Black parents.
(d) Black teachers.

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

3. Created by Congress in 1865, the Freedmen’s Bureau was responsible for what?
(a) Moving newly freedmen North.
(b) Giving furniture to the recently emancipated.
(c) Helping the newly freed find jobs.
(d) Reallocating abandoned southern land to newly freed people.

4. Who is the man who killed Hampton Smith for his brutal behavior?
(a) Sidney Johnson.
(b) Sidney Jones.
(c) Sid Smith.
(d) John Sidney.

5. During the time of the Civil Rights Act, the President tried to redefine racism as an individual what?
(a) Inclination.
(b) Aberration.
(c) Antagonist.
(d) Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once these types of jobs began to disappear in the United States, it became much more difficult for those without an education to make a living wage?

2. Which Congressman said that the 13th Amendment was designed to do more than “confer the bare privilege or not being chained” (9)?

3. Which attorney argued in favor of Brown v. Board?

4. According to Anderson, an improvement to Black lives resulted in what from some whites?

5. In which decade did the civil rights movement begin?

(see the answer key)

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