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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 20 - 23).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following ideas did Jefferson promote in the late 1700s?
(a) Slaves should be freed after the next two decades.
(b) The northern states had a responsibility to fight against slavery.
(c) Slaves should be sent back to Africa.
(d) All slaves deserved freedom except for the ones he owned.

2. What was the period in history following the Civil War in the U.S. called?
(a) Rebooting.
(b) Reconstruction.
(c) Reveling.
(d) Refinancing.

3. Which former Governor of Alabama ran for office in the 1960s on a platform of overt support for segregation?
(a) Major Grenet.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) Marshall Bealleau.
(d) Robert Frendi.

4. Where did Angela Davis go to study during her graduate years?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

5. When is Black History Month in the U.S.?
(a) February.
(b) August.
(c) April.
(d) December.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the novel The Color Purple?

2. Which politician's rise came shortly after the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

3. Which book was the film The Birth of a Nation based upon?

4. Which Supreme Court case ruled that courts could not enforce Whites-only real estate contracts to keep out migrants and stop housing desegregation?

5. Which socialist thinker inspired W.E.B. Du Bois's thinking later in life?

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