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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: "W. E. B. Du Bois," Chapters 27-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) April 15, 1884.
(b) July 21, 1861.
(c) January 1, 1863.
(d) March 6, 1857.

2. Who wrote the short story collection In Ole Virginia, or Marse Chan and Others in 1887?
(a) Henry Morton Stanley.
(b) Henry W. Grady.
(c) Samuel Sewall.
(d) Thomas Nelson Page.

3. In the Declaration of Causes issued by Florida's secessionists, they maintained that Blacks must be enslaved because everywhere "their natural tendency" was toward what (214)?
(a) "Thievery and abuse."
(b) "Idleness, vagrancy, and crime."
(c) "Rebellion and resistance."
(d) "Rape and sexuality."

4. Why was W. E. B. Du Bois pushed out of the NAACP in 1936?
(a) For promoting a return to slavery.
(b) For promoting assimilation.
(c) For promoting integration.
(d) For promoting Black empowerment.

5. Who is the off-duty detective that shot Rekia Boyd?
(a) George Zimmerman.
(b) Dylann Roof.
(c) Dante Servin.
(d) Darren Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. African Americans make up what percentage of the nation's prison population?

2. Who was Sarah Baartman's South African master?

3. What had the population of Boston grown to by the time of John Adams's death?

4. What abolitionist Quaker pointed to Black exhibits from his Providence school as proof of equality in the races?

5. When did Napoleon renounce Louisiana?

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