20th Century U.S. History Final

Nealz Nuze ^ | 12/20/2002 | Neal Boortz

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20th Century U.S. History Final:

1) The Dixiecrat party was made up of Southern
a) Democrats
b) Republicans 

2) Jim Crow laws were passed by legislatures controlled by:
a) Democrats
b) Republicans

3) When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led the civil rights efforts in the South, the governing powers that opposed him were of which party?
a) Democrat
b) Republican

4) In Arkansas, the governor who stood in the door of a schoolhouse to block integration was a:
a) Democrat
b) Republican

5) The president who ordered in the National Guard to dislodge the above-mentioned governor from the above-mentioned door was a:
a) Democrat
b) Republican

6) George Wallace was a:
a) Democrat
b) Republican 

7) Lester Maddox was a:
a) Democrat
b) Republican

8) Although Republican Bo Callaway won a plurality of the vote, the Georgia Legislature installed Lester Maddox as governor. The Legislature was ruled by an overwhelming majority of:
a) Democrats
b) Republicans

9) As a bonus worth 50 points, which is the only one of questions above answered correctly with "b"? 

 

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Hmmm. This is ENLIGHTENING! Dan Rather should ask these questions on the CBS Nightly News after he announces Lott's decision...

[agenda_express]

I just hope that I don't have to post the answer key for the DU disrupters...

[cardinal4]

I forgot Lester Maddox was a dem.

[conservativemusician]

This is common knowledge. Unless of course you are NAACP, democrat, GLAAD, or liberal socialist commie scum.

[weegee]

A few bonus questions:

Name the still active South Carolina senator who is responsible for the raising of the Confederate flag over the state capital and his party affiliation:

Name the still active West Virginia senator who is a former member and paying recruiter of the KKK and his party affiliation (hint he still uses the enwurd and is unapologetic over it):

[KC_Conspirator]

Yet we are supposed to believe that all of these segregationists became Republicans in the 70's and 80's, even though most southern states did not elect Republicans until about a decade ago and some states have not elected Republicans to office since Reconstruction.

[wildbill]

All of which ignores the question: Where did all of these segregationist Democrats go when they no longer felt at home in the liberal Democratic party.

At the least, we Republicans should acknowlege this instead of trying to reinterpret history. Then we can go forward by saying "OK-but this is a new Republican party in the South which is dedicated to conservatism and not to returning to the segregationist beliefs of the Dixiecrats or Southern Democrats."

Can't we say that?

[Mike Darancette]

Jim Crow was;

a) Democrat
b) Republican

[RFP]

If I'm not missteaken, Jim Crow was the nickname of the little boy in Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.

[r9etb]

Can't we say that?

We should. This finger-pointing at the D's does no good, and is merely dancing to the tune they're playing.

And as an added bonus, the R's might even stand a chance of opening up the long-needed honest discussion of race, which would accrue to our benefit.

[Imal]

If I'm not missteaken, Jim Crow was the nickname of the little boy in Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.

From Uncle Tom's Cabin:

Here the door opened, and a small quadroon boy, between four and five years of age, entered the room. There was something in his appearance remarkably beautiful and engaging. His black hair, fine as floss silk, hung in glossy curls about his round, dimpled face, while a pair of large dark eyes, full of fire and softness, looked out from beneath the rich, long lashes, as he peered curiously into the apartment. A gay robe of scarlet and yellow plaid, carefully made and neatly fitted, set off to advantage the dark and rich style of his beauty; and a certain comic air of assurance, blended with bashfulness, showed that he had been not unused to being petted and noticed by his master.

"Hulloa, Jim Crow!" said Mr. Shelby, whistling, and snapping a bunch of raisins towards him, "pick that up, now!"

The child scampered, with all his little strength, after the prize, while his master laughed.

"Come here, Jim Crow," said he. The child came up, and the master patted the curly head, and chucked him under the chin.

"Now, Jim, show this gentleman how you can dance and sing." The boy commenced one of those wild, grotesque songs common among the negroes, in a rich, clear voice, accompanying his singing with many comic evolutions of the hands, feet, and whole body, all in perfect time to the music.