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

2. What trait did both the Democrat and Republican parties share at the time?
(a) Fending off foreign enemies.
(b) Belief in white supremacy.
(c) Uniting North and South.
(d) Work toward desegregation.

3. Who is the author of "The Silent South?"
(a) Fitzgerald.
(b) Lewis.
(c) Cable.
(d) Blair.

4. What was in steady decline between 1820 and 1860?
(a) Underground railroad.
(b) City life.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Religious freedom.

5. Who was one of the staunch liberals that permitted a drastic change in the Southern newspapers?
(a) McGill.
(b) Darning.
(c) Kimble.
(d) Irving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What devastating period in history also assisted in easing racial tensions?

2. What was the name of the man that began his career during this time?

3. Although there was close proximity of the slaves and land owners, it did not mean that there was a sense of long term ______.

4. What two states were controlled by members of the KKK at this time?

5. What was the name of the school in Little Rock that faced racial violence when it attempted to integrate black students?

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