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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: "Thomas Jefferson," Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Thomas Jefferson's father die?
(a) April 17, 1790.
(b) December 24, 1860.
(c) April 11, 1803.
(d) August 17, 1757.

2. Whose acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin set off the #Black Lives Matter movement?
(a) Dylann Roof.
(b) Darren Wilson.
(c) Dante Servin.
(d) George Zimmerman.

3. What new era was emerging at the time that Thomas Jefferson was born?
(a) The Humanist era.
(b) The Enlightenment.
(c) The Industrial age.
(d) The Modernist age.

4. When did Charles II restore the English throne?
(a) 1689.
(b) 1660.
(c) 1626.
(d) 1692.

5. When did Nobel Laureate Gunnar Mydral produce a study of race relations?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the off-duty detective that shot Rekia Boyd?

2. How many times more likely were young Black males to be killed by police than their White counterparts between 2010 and 2012?

3. Who was responsible for the murders in the Charleson church shooting?

4. What was Phillis Wheatley named for?

5. Where was Rekia Boyd fatally shot?

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