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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. When was The Strange Career of Jim Crow published?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1940.

2. What sentence did Edward Clary originally receive for possession of crack cocaine when he was 18?
(a) 20 years in prison.
(b) 15 years in prison.
(c) Five years in prison.
(d) Ten years in prison.

3. When did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Harris that the Klan Act was partially unconstitutional?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1882.

4. The author asserts in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow," "All racial caste systems, not just mass incarceration, have been supported by" what?
(a) "The white community."
(b) "Affirmative action."
(c) "Racial indifference."
(d) "Racial bias."

5. Where did Clifford Runoalds return home to attend the funeral of his 18-month-old daughter after he was busted in a drug sweep, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice"?
(a) To Bryan, Texas.
(b) To Oxford, Mississippi.
(c) To Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) To Dallas, Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice," "Human Rights Watch reported in 2000 that, in seven states, African Americans constitute" what percent "of all drug offenders sent to prison"?

2. When did Bacon's Rebellion take place?

3. What state supreme court issued a landmark decision in the case of Ruffin v. Commonwealth?

4. According to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," what "was the device employed to protect the institution of slavery and the political power of slaveholding states" when the Constitution was written?

5. Where was Emma Faye Stewart living when she was arrested as part of a drug sweep?

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