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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 was Marcus Garvey originally from before coming to the U.S.?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Senegal.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Brazil.

2. Which famous Black novelist do Reynolds and Kendo point out was notably not invited to speak at the March on Washington?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Toni Morrison.
(d) Zadie Smith.

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

4. Who raided the U.S. Armory in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, in 1859?
(a) Jack Johnson.
(b) Edward Henry.
(c) John Madison.
(d) John Brown.

5. What was Abraham Lincoln's most famous moniker?
(a) Abolitionist Abe.
(b) Famous Abe.
(c) Honest Abe.
(d) Tricky Abe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state was Barry Goldwater a senator from?

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

3. What was the title of James Baldwin's 1962 activist manifesto?

4. Who immigrated from Germany to America in 1886 because of anti-Jewish persecution in Chapter 15?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 rule?

2. What did Tarzan symbolize for White people?

3. What new ideas did W.E.B. Du Bois embrace later in his life in Chapter 19?

4. Which film did President Woodrow Wilson screen at the White House, and how did it portray Black people?

5. Who was involved in organizing the 1963 March on Washington?

6. Who was the most famous Black man in America in the early 1900s, and what did he symbolize to Black people?

7. How did Angela Davis feel about the teachings of Malcolm X?

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

9. What do Reynolds and Kendi say is the most effective piece of antiracist legislation ever passed by the U.S. Congress?

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

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