1. The abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison famously burned a copy of the U.S. Constitution in what year?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1854.

2. How long was the period of Reconstruction in the United States?
(a) 21 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 8 years.

3. What was the surname of the first African American to ever earn a PhD?
(a) Bowen.
(b) Washington.
(c) Gabbard.
(d) Macon.

4. In what year was "Negro History Week" inaugurated by Carter G. Woodson?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1926.

5. In what year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1872.

Short Answer Questions

1. W.E.B. Du Bois expressed in 1960 that he and his colleagues at Harvard in the 1920s had viewed themselves as "combatants" (199) in a war of what kind?

2. According to supporters of the New Negro movement, how many New Negros existed in the United States in 1920?

3. When William Lloyd Garrison burned a copy of the U.S. Constitution, what other object did he burn as well?

4. In what year was the essay entitled "The Conservation of Races" published?

5. In what year did Samuel Cartwright publish the article entitled "Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race" (60)?

(see the answer key)

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