The New Jim Crow Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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 Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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 test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the home of Scott Bryant raided by police in Dodge City, Wisconsin?

2. What agency arose in the Reconstruction Era that was charged with the responsibility of providing food, clothing, fuel, and other forms of assistance to former slaves?

3. How did Jarvious Cotton's great-grandfather die?

4. When did the American Civil War begin?

5. Who described The Strange Career of Jim Crow as the "historical bible of the Civil Rights Movement"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the U.S. penal population changed from 1980 to today?

2. When did Terry v. Ohio go to the Supreme Court? What was the ruling?

3. How are the circumstances of Robert Robinette's arrest described in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?

4. What was concluded in the case of Brown v. Board of Education?

5. What does "Jim Crow" refer to?

6. What percentages do drug offenses account for in the rise of the federal inmate population and state prisoners, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?

7. What does a "consent search" refer to?

8. What was Operation Pipeline and what impacts did it have?

9. What led to the ermergence of slavery as the primary means for labor in the South?

10. What are "pretext stops"? How are they employed in the War on Drugs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the Reconstruction Era Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. What did each of these amendments dictate? When were they enacted? What is their importance today?

Essay Topic 2

How did the wealthy planter class manage to create a divide between poor white workers and poor black workers in the American colonies? Why did they do so? How did they benefit from this estrangement?

Essay Topic 3

What are Jim Crow laws? When were these laws established? Where were they established? What were the repercussions of the Jim Crow laws?

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