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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Fourth Circuit Ruled that schools must integrate by 1959, county supervisors did what to divert money from public schools?
(a) Increased property tax.
(b) Reduced income tax.
(c) Abolished the property tax.
(d) Increased income tax.

2. Which tax supports public school education?
(a) Income.
(b) Property.
(c) Excise.
(d) Education.

3. After the launching of Sputnik, many pointed to America’s failed what?
(a) Military system.
(b) Solar system.
(c) Industrial system.
(d) Education system.

4. Who was arrested after the confrontation at Dr. Sweet’s house?
(a) Those who threw things at his home.
(b) Police officers who didn’t help.
(c) Dr. Sweet’s child.
(d) Dr. Sweet, his wife and friends.

5. In 1957, Milwaukee instituted busing, but kept Blacks and whites in separate what?
(a) Cafeterias.
(b) Rows.
(c) Classrooms.
(d) Hallways.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to seeking work during the Great Migration, what did Blacks hope to find up North?

2. After the Supreme Court handed down two rulings requiring schools to reopen, what method of keeping schools segregated was employed?

3. In what year did the “Red Summer” occur?

4. As more Blacks moved north, what happened as a result of the increased housing demand?

5. Nixon’s appointments to what worked to roll back civil rights successes?

(see the answer key)

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