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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: "W. E. B. Du Bois," Chapters 27-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did members of the House pass the Thirteenth Amendment?
(a) July 21, 1861.
(b) January 31, 1865.
(c) April 9, 1865.
(d) January 1, 1863.

2. When did Henry W. Grady issue his official reply in Century Magazine to George Washington Cable and other antiracist critics?
(a) April, 1885.
(b) September, 1883.
(c) March, 1883.
(d) June, 1889.

3. Why did Richard Mather come to America?
(a) To evade the French authorities.
(b) Religious persecution.
(c) To attend his arranged marriage.
(d) To seek gold.

4. Who was the chief propagandist of the New South in the 1880s?
(a) Henry W. Grady.
(b) Alexander Stephens.
(c) Benjamin Lundy.
(d) Marie-Guillemine Benoist.

5. When did W. E. B. Du Bois graduate from Harvard?
(a) April 15, 1861.
(b) February 23, 1868.
(c) June 25, 1890.
(d) January 7, 1890.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did General Lee's army surrender, ending the Civil War?

2. When was To Kill a Mockingbird published?

3. In what Black newspaper did T. Thomas Fortune run and that W. E. B. Du Bois began his publishing career?

4. African Americans make up what percentage of the nation's prison population?

5. Who wrote Heredity in Relation to Eugenics?

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