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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. How many African American men received a bachelor's degree from Illinois state universities in 1999?
(a) 693.
(b) 992.
(c) 2,567.
(d) 1,235.

2. The author states in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," "Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly" what?
(a) "Rigid."
(b) "Lamentable."
(c) "Obtuse."
(d) "Adaptable."

3. According to the author in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow," possession of a tiny amount of crack cocaine carries a mandatory minimum sentence of what?
(a) Two years in federal prison.
(b) Eight years in federal prison.
(c) Ten years in federal prison.
(d) Five years in federal prison.

4. The author concludes in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow" that during the age of slavery, white plantation owners were motivated principally by what component?
(a) Evil.
(b) Greed.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Sadism.

5. In what year did a federal grand jury determine that the Ku Klux Klan was a "terrorist organization" and issue hundreds of indictments for crimes of violence and terrorism?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1880.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of all Southern elected officials were black in 1870?

2. What agency arose in the Reconstruction Era that was charged with the responsibility of providing food, clothing, fuel, and other forms of assistance to former slaves?

3. Where did Nathaniel Bacon live as a property owner?

4. When did the American Civil War begin?

5. What Constitutional Amendment prohibits states from denying citizens due process and "equal protection of the law"?

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