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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. What state was Barry Goldwater a senator from?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Alabama.
(d) South Carolina.

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

3. When was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
(a) April 4, 1968.
(b) August 9, 1973.
(c) January 3, 1972.
(d) March 10, 1970.

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

5. What racist film did Woodrow Wilson screen at the White House?
(a) Tarzan.
(b) Black KKKlansman.
(c) The Birth of a Nation.
(d) Spaghetti Western.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What phrase did Carmichael introduce into the movement for Black equal rights?

3. What do Reynolds and Kendi say is interesting about the Brown v. Board of Education case that is rarely discussed?

4. What was the first thing Marcus Garvey did upon arriving in New York in 1916?

5. Where did W.E.B Du Bois go to college?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the first legislation that Lyndon Baines Johnson wanted passed following President John F. Kennedy's assassination?

3. What is one major change that Stokely Carmichael brought into the antiracist fight?

4. What happened to many slaves who fled from the South to the North to join the Union army during the Civil War?

5. Why was Angela Davis charged with murder?

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

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

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

9. What happened in Birmingham Alabama in 1963 that changed the course of the civil rights movement?

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

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