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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did violence start to occur immediately after the signing of the Voting Rights Act, according to Reynolds and Kendi in Chapter 22?
(a) The north side of Houston.
(b) The Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.
(c) The South Side of East Bend.
(d) The Greenfield neighborhood of Chicago.

2. Where was W.E.B. Du Bois raised?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Maine.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Virginia.

3. When was the Civil Rights Act passed in the United States?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1968.

4. Who did W.E.B. Du Bois give credit to in his graduation speech at Harvard?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Jefferson Davis.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was W.E.B. Du Bois the "king" of, according to Reynolds and Kendi?

2. Who came out with the song Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud?

3. What organization did Marcus Garvey start in Harlem?

4. Which Supreme Court case ruled that school segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

5. What was Abraham Lincoln's most famous moniker?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of President Andrew Johnson's influences on race relations in America?

2. What did Tarzan symbolize for White people?

3. What happened when President Harry Truman urged Congress to pass a civil rights act in 1948?

4. According to Reynolds and Kendi, how did Roosevelt's New Deal affect Black people?

5. How do Reynolds and Kendi explain the reasons behind Abraham Lincoln's early calls for ending slavery?

6. What approach did Booker T. Washington take to trying to gain more equal treatment for Blacks?

7. What did President Woodrow Wilson fear about Black soldiers' experiences in Europe during WWI?

8. How did the media treat Malcolm X's death, according to Reynolds and Kendi?

9. Why was Angela Davis charged with murder?

10. What do Reynolds and Kendi say that Black people were doing even as Lincoln was labeled the Great Emancipator?

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