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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Southern Progressives are credited with helping to elect _____ as President of the US.
(a) FDR.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Taft.

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

3. What type of behavior would most likely be used to ensure segregation?
(a) Argumentative.
(b) Humble.
(c) Intuitive.
(d) Aggressive.

4. The NAACP was working in tandem with which other organization?
(a) KKK.
(b) Reconstructionists.
(c) Urban League.
(d) ACLU.

5. Which states were the first to wane in their support of the cause?
(a) Northern.
(b) Western.
(c) Southern.
(d) Coastal.

6. According to this group, people tended to separate to fall back on their own:
(a) Species.
(b) Morals.
(c) Independence.
(d) Folkways.

7. Whose ghost is predicted to haunt a troubled people although he is long dead?
(a) Orville Faubus.
(b) Jim Crow.
(c) Martin Luther King.
(d) Malcolm X.

8. People were careful to note the impact of the post-war struggle between democracy and _______.
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Marxism.

9. The landmark court case discussed throughout the book is Oliver Brown v. The Board of Education of ________.
(a) Topeka, Kansas.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Montgomery, Alabama.
(d) Knoxville, Tennessee.

10. These communities cropped up despite the lack of which of the following?
(a) Legislation.
(b) Support.
(c) Permission.
(d) Proposal.

11. What is commonly known as the speech given by Martin Luther King, Jr.?
(a) All Men Are Created Equal.
(b) One Day.
(c) I Have a Dream.
(d) In the Eyes of God.

12. The NAACP file suits against how many school boards throughout the Deep South?
(a) 182.
(b) 143.
(c) 170.
(d) 150.

13. In what year was the NAACP founded?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1934.

14. In what year did the Voting Rights Bill pass?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1967.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Segregation was referred to as being what kind of idea?

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

3. What word/phrase was used by Virginia Dabney in reference to a group of white troublemakers?

4. Which president was responsible for eliminating discrimination for federal employees?

5. Men involved in scientific pursuits are often referred to as "men of _____ and science."

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