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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. A small minority of domestic slaves developed what with their masters?
(a) Intimate relationships.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Trust.
(d) Resentment.

2. What culture had and has a belief that it is superior to the black culture?
(a) European.
(b) Asian.
(c) Caucasian.
(d) Anglo-Saxon.

3. Historians and sociologists find that certain things were hard to measure. What were those things?
(a) Reality and fiction.
(b) Hopes and dreams.
(c) Ideas and morals.
(d) Segregation and integration.

4. Despite New Orleans' reputation and policies _____ days of violence broke out in the city due to racial issues.
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

5. Which president signed the Voting Rights Bill into law?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In regards to legal proceedings, what was a black barred from doing in the court room?

3. Which of the following groups were not required to follow the new segregation laws?

4. Many groups of blacks pushed to be able to have equal use of which of the following?

5. Which of the following was not a word used to describe the downtrodden state of many of the supporters of racial equality?

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