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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What terrible event resulted in the deaths of four Black children in Birmingham in 1963?
(a) The bombing of a church by White supremacists.
(b) A burning of a Black apartment building by White supremacists.
(c) A car crash caused by White supremacists.
(d) A rally with guns held by White supremacists.

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

4. In which year did President Woodrow Wilson win the U.S. presidency?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1912.

5. Which president urged Congress to implement a civil rights act in 1948?
(a) George H.W. Bush.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) Harry Truman.
(d) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

6. What was the first thing Marcus Garvey did upon arriving in New York in 1916?
(a) Find a place where he could legally buy liquor.
(b) Visit the NAACP office.
(c) FInd the SNCC office.
(d) Run for mayor.

7. Which conflict happened during Abraham Lincoln's presidency?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Franco-Spanish War.

8. Who do Reynolds and Kendi argue was responsible for emancipating Black people?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Black people.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) James Madison.

9. Who followed John F. Kennedy as president of the United States?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) Lyndon Baines Johnson.
(c) Jimmy Carter.
(d) Richard Nixon.

10. Which jail did Martin Luther King Jr. write a letter from in the early 1960s?
(a) Fulsom Jail.
(b) Markin's Jail.
(c) Birmingham Jail.
(d) Pickett's Jail.

11. Which California governor sought to persecute Angela Davis, according to Reynolds and Kendi?
(a) Arnold Helms.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) James Monroe.
(d) Marshall Mitchell.

12. Which of the following was Lincoln against?
(a) Blacks having access to books.
(b) Blacks working on railroads.
(c) Blacks voting.
(d) Blacks working for government.

13. Which famous novel do Reynolds and Kendi mention in Chapter 20 and then quickly dismiss?
(a) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(b) Sankofa.
(c) Zarthura.
(d) Peyton Place.

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

15. Where was Angela Davis from?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Raleigh.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Pittsburgh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the main female character in Tarzan?

2. Who did Du Bois ask to come speak at Atlanta University, where he was teaching, in 1906?

3. When was the Civil Rights Act passed in the United States?

4. What did Andrew Johnson do to a lot of Lincoln's promises?

5. Where did violence start to occur immediately after the signing of the Voting Rights Act, according to Reynolds and Kendi in Chapter 22?

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