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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: "The Lockdown".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Jarvious Cotton's great-grandfather die?
(a) He was beaten to death by the Ku Klux Klan.
(b) He was killed in a factory accident.
(c) He was killed in an automobile accident.
(d) He was beaten to death by fellow prisoners.

2. What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures?
(a) The 2nd Amendment.
(b) The 4th Amendment.
(c) The 16th Amendment.
(d) The 3rd Amendment.

3. Between 1980 and 2000, the number of people incarcerated in prisons in the U.S. went from about 300,000 to how many?
(a) About 1 million.
(b) Over 2 million.
(c) Over 4 million.
(d) Over 3 million.

4. When was the ruling in Florida v. Bostick decided?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1996.

5. In what year did a federal grand jury determine that the Ku Klux Klan was a "terrorist organization" and issue hundreds of indictments for crimes of violence and terrorism?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1870.
(d) 1880.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?

2. What Supreme Court Justice said of the Florida v. Bostick case that "the basis of the decision to single out particular passengers during a suspicionless sweep is less likely to be inarticulate than unspeakable"?

3. What are the three major racialized systems of control adopted by the United States toward African Americans, according to the author in the Introduction?

4. When did the American Civil War end by proclamation?

5. What Constitutional Amendment prohibits states from denying citizens due process and "equal protection of the law"?

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