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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The appointment of a(n) _________ in South Carolina fueled even more racial violence.
(a) Postmaster.
(b) Attorney General.
(c) Secretary of Commerce.
(d) Judge.

2. Which president was responsible for eliminating discrimination for federal employees?
(a) FDR.
(b) Truman.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Hoover.

3. What was the name of the school in Little Rock that faced racial violence when it attempted to integrate black students?
(a) Little Rock Secondary.
(b) Central High School.
(c) Reynolds High School.
(d) Wilfred Academy.

4. One of the cases that ended the period of this change was Plessy v. _______.
(a) Ferguson.
(b) Bradford.
(c) Brown.
(d) Watson.

5. How many children were killed during the time of the church bombing?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

6. Many people compared the South to the politics of what other country?
(a) Greece.
(b) Egypt.
(c) South Africa.
(d) China.

7. Who was referred to as being one of the most brilliant speakers of the 1960s?
(a) King.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Eggers.

8. Who was the president of the Atlanta School Board in 1970?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Morgan.
(c) Mays.
(d) Mason.

9. In what year was the Civil Rights Act made into law?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1963.

10. What was the name of the artistic resurgence that took place in the 1920s and 1930s?
(a) African-American Experience.
(b) Harlem Renaissance.
(c) Voices for Freedom.
(d) Southern Writers Group.

11. Which of the following was not a word used to describe the downtrodden state of many of the supporters of racial equality?
(a) Weakened.
(b) Complacent.
(c) Tired.
(d) Discredited.

12. What was the name of the governor that violated the federal mandate to allow integration in the school?
(a) Faubus.
(b) King.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Montrose.

13. The main conflict regarding the case and the Supreme Court decision originated in which city?
(a) Knoxville.
(b) Fort Worth.
(c) Little Rock.
(d) Montgomery.

14. In 1906, this city in Georgia was under siege with many people being murdered and lynched.
(a) Athens.
(b) Marietta.
(c) Savannah.
(d) Atlanta.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was responsible for "chipping away" at the 14th Amendment in the late 1800s?

2. After WWII the number of blacks living outside the South rose to this height:

3. In what decade did the Ku Klux Klan reach the height of its power?

4. The press made headlines accusing blacks of everything from murder to ______.

5. What group referred to itself as being the last civil rights group to believe in integration?

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