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

2. It is not yet known how ______ will eventually view these drastic changes in the system.
(a) Whites.
(b) History.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Government.

3. Although there was close proximity of the slaves and land owners, it did not mean that there was a sense of long term ______.
(a) Friendship.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Service.
(d) Trust.

4. What was named as being the next phase of the civil rights movement?
(a) Segregation Release.
(b) Crow Movement.
(c) Second Coming.
(d) Second Reconstruction.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What segment of the changes that took place in the South lasted the longest?

3. What aspect of Southern history involves plantations and slaves?

4. In which of the coastal states did blacks continue to hold political or public office?

5. Which of the following may not be to blame for the continuance of the attitudes of the people regarding slavery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What important period does the third segment of the history follow? How does it relate to the others? How was this period characterized?

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

3. Explain at least one of the reasons the whites wanted to press the issue of blacks being an inferior race.

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

5. The author gives examples of the types of places in which segregation was prevalent. Name some of those social and political arenas.

6. Although conservatives were often the enemy of the civil rights movement at the time, blacks often sought solace there. Explain.

7. In 1877, a major historical event occurred. What was the event and what did it mean in relation to the Reconstruction?

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

9. Overall, how can the all of the segments be bound to one specific group or cause? What was the outcome as far as how it has progressed?

10. 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.

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