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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Declining Years of Jim Crow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The segregation of Southern schools remained an issue even after the Supreme Court decision handed down in what year?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1961.

2. Who was president when the case of Brown vs. The Board of Education was decided?
(a) Truman.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Hoover.
(d) FDR.

3. At what college/university was there a racial riot when a black female was enrolled in classes?
(a) University of South Carolina.
(b) Wake Forest.
(c) Nashville College of the Arts.
(d) University of Alabama.

4. In 1898, a mob of _____ men burned a black town in North Carolina.
(a) 600.
(b) 300.
(c) 400.
(d) 1000.

5. What is it called when a prevalent body or thought rules the land?
(a) Regime.
(b) Mutiny.
(c) Communism.
(d) Aberration.

Short Answer Questions

1. The change of laws in the south may be attributed to various actions often referred to as:

2. In the late 1800s blacks were accepted, or at least tolerated, where?

3. What was never even considered between slaves and land owners?

4. What was another name for the outdated laws that pigeon-holed blacks?

5. The Northerners often ignored what part of their cities?

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