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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow" the author describes a speech that Barack Obama gave during his presidential campaign. Where was the speech given?
(a) The New Zion Church of God.
(b) The Apostolic Church of God.
(c) The First Episcopal Church.
(d) The New Life Christian Science Church.

2. When did the article "Where Have the Black Men Gone" appear in Ebony magazine?
(a) March, 2011.
(b) September, 2001.
(c) December, 2006.
(d) June, 1995.

3. What Constitutional Amendment prohibits states from denying citizens due process and "equal protection of the law"?
(a) The 15th Amendment.
(b) The 13th Amendment.
(c) The 14th Amendment.
(d) The 12th Amendment.

4. Who is attributed to the quote in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow," "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"?
(a) John Edgar Wideman.
(b) William Berkeley.
(c) Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) W. E. B. Du Bois.

5. One in how many black men between the ages of 20-35 was behind bars in 2006?
(a) Nine.
(b) 29.
(c) 16.
(d) 42.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many African American men received a bachelor's degree from Illinois state universities in 1999?

2. In June of 2001, how many more black men were in the Illinois state prison system than were enrolled in the state's public universities?

3. When did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Harris that the Klan Act was partially unconstitutional?

4. When was Swain v. Alabama decided?

5. Who is attributed to the following quotation in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice": "there is no immaculate perception"?

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