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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 24 - Afterword).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which former friend of Angela Davis's killed several people in a hostage situation in 1970?
(a) Randall Holmes.
(b) Jonathan Jackson.
(c) Jack Johnson.
(d) Robert Windham.

2. What approach did Richard Nixon use in his 1968 run for the presidency?
(a) The Divide and Conquer Strategy.
(b) The Southern Strategy.
(c) The Lame Duck Strategy.
(d) The Confederate Strategy.

3. Which of the following was one of Abraham Lincoln's monikers?
(a) The Great Deal Maker.
(b) The Great Debater.
(c) The Great Tea Maker.
(d) The Great Emancipator.

4. What did the Fifteenth Amendment allow for?
(a) Blacks had to pass a literacy test before voting.
(b) Blacks men could vote, but Black women could not.
(c) No one could be prohibited from voting due to race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
(d) Blacks could vote after reaching the age of 30.

5. What difficulty did Cotton Mather have?
(a) Blindness.
(b) A limp.
(c) A disfigured face.
(d) A stutter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the phrase Reynolds and Kendi use to describe Blacks who returned to America from Europe in 1919 after fighting in WWI?

2. When is Black History Month in the U.S.?

3. What was the period in history following the Civil War in the U.S. called?

4. What does Kendi say is the first step to building an antiracist America?

5. Which popular television show depicted a wealthy Black family in the 1980s and 1990s?

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