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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Christopher Lee Armstrong when his motel was raided for drugs?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) New York.
(c) Houston.
(d) Chicago.

2. What percentage of all Southern elected officials were black in 1870?
(a) 10%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 20%.

3. What percentage of those arrested for drunk driving in 1990 were white men?
(a) 89%.
(b) 78%.
(c) 65%.
(d) 67%.

4. In what case in 1985 did the Court rule that racially biased strikes violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment?
(a) Rucker v. Davis.
(b) Batson v. Kentucky.
(c) McClesky v. Kemp.
(d) Plessy v. Ferguson.

5. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?
(a) 1864-1872.
(b) 1866-1880.
(c) 1865-1877.
(d) 1866-1875.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Anatomy of Racial Inequality?

2. What term became ascribed to American Indians as a way of justifying their eradication, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?

3. When was Swain v. Alabama decided?

4. In what notable case did the Court establish the doctrine of "separate but equal"?

5. When did the article "Where Have the Black Men Gone" appear in Ebony magazine?

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