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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote a biography of John Brown?

2. Who did the Dixiecrats run for President in the late 1940s?

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

4. Who wrote the novel The Color Purple?

5. What was the period in history following the Civil War in the U.S. called?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Angela Davis charged with murder?

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

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

5. What did Tarzan symbolize for White people?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Reynolds and Kendi, what were some of the important court cases (particularly in Chapter 20) that they believe led to a backlash against equal rights for Blacks? Right an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How do Reynolds and Kendi characterize former President Bill Clinton's crime bill? How did it influence public opinion about the Black community? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How did Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, affect the public view of slavery at the time of its publication? How did Blacks in general view the book? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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