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

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

3. Who immigrated from Germany to America in 1886 because of anti-Jewish persecution in Chapter 15?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Franz Boas.
(c) Nikola Tesla.
(d) Marshall Michbein.

4. Who was the most famous Black man in America in 1908?
(a) Jack Johnson.
(b) Mohammed Ali.
(c) Benny Harp.
(d) Joe Louis.

5. Which socialist thinker inspired W.E.B. Du Bois's thinking later in life?
(a) Percy Wilson.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Carl Jung.
(d) Joseph Stalin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who raided the U.S. Armory in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, in 1859?

2. Who wrote the novel The Color Purple?

3. What do Reynolds and Kendi say Carmichael would rather be called than "afraid"?

4. Which former friend of Angela Davis's killed several people in a hostage situation in 1970?

5. What approach did Richard Nixon use in his 1968 run for the presidency?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Which politician did Richard Nixon model his run for the presidency from, and why?

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

7. According to Reynolds and Kendi, what was a drawback of the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?

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

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

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

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