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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The actions that took place in the South during this period are often thought of as being a/an:
(a) Resistance.
(b) Revolution.
(c) Mutiny.
(d) Aberration.

2. What was one of the things a freedman might do after leaving the plantation where he lived?
(a) Become a sharecropper.
(b) Purchase a small tract of land from former owner.
(c) Travel west to Goldrush country.
(d) Move to Canada.

3. Which segment of the Southern population believed in a societal hierarchy regarding the blacks?
(a) Select class.
(b) Upper class.
(c) Lower class.
(d) Poverty stricken.

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

5. The quote provided in the introduction discusses where the Jim Crow System was effective. Which is not mentioned in the quote?
(a) Restaurants.
(b) Trains and buses.
(c) Hospitals.
(d) Cemeteries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the policy that stated that slave owners should remain in charge because they knew best?

2. What caused the biggest conflict between the beliefs of that particular culture and the culture of the blacks?

3. What is the word used for the action of engaging blacks into society as equals?

4. What is the term used for a society in which the people of highest rank are the ones in charge?

5. What trait did both the Democrat and Republican parties share at the time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Although more states entered the union, there were no new laws regarding blacks. Discuss this fact and the eligibility of voting status for black men.

2. The laws responsible for keeping blacks have developed a nickname. What was the name and where did it supposedly come from?

3. Describe some of the choices Southerner were required to make regarding the status of races.

4. Although the South is usually seen as being the worst of two evils when it comes to mixed cultures, the North practiced more residential segregation. Explain.

5. What event(s) caused the federal government to take less interest in civil rights activities?

6. Name at least one major change that took place during the Redemption.

7. Despite the relationships that may have developed in this setting, one should never assume that it would affect what part of the relationship?

8. Despite the advances made in race relationships since the end of the Civil War, the battle between the North and South still carries some weight. Discuss this concept and why it is still a popular issue.

9. Describe what it was like in regards to racial separation in the Antebellum South, particularly in the cities.

10. Describe the basic structure of the plantation and the relationship between slave and owner.

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