The New Jim Crow Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

Michelle Alexander and Michelle McCool
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 129 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The New Jim Crow Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

Michelle Alexander and Michelle McCool
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 129 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 is the See Forever charter school for juvenile offenders?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York City.
(d) Los Angeles.

2. In what notable case did the Court establish the doctrine of "separate but equal"?
(a) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(b) McClesky v. Kemp.
(c) Batson v. Kentucky.
(d) Rucker v. Davis.

3. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?
(a) October, 2007.
(b) July, 2001.
(c) June, 2004.
(d) March, 2008.

4. When was Swain v. Alabama decided?
(a) 1973.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1965.

5. When was the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act passed, authorizing public housing agencies the ability to exclude and evict drug offenders and other felons from access?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1994.

Short Answer Questions

1. The increase in the number of African American males sent to prison for drug crimes increased by what percentage between 1985 and 2005?

2. The author asserts in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown" that drug offenses alone account for what fraction of the rise in the federal inmate population between 1985 and 2000?

3. To whom is the following quote that opens Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste" attributed: "The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery"?

4. What sociologist is cited as saying in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" that those sent to prison "are institutionally branded as a particular class of individuals"?

5. What percentage of professional black women are unmarried today, according to the author in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?

(see the answer key)

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