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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the American Civil War begin?
(a) January 1, 1866.
(b) September 16, 1862.
(c) April 12, 1861.
(d) March 1, 1863.

2. What does "caste" refer to?
(a) A system of dividing society into economic classes.
(b) A system of dividing society into educational classes.
(c) A system of dividing society into hereditary classes.
(d) A system of dividing society into racial classes.

3. Who was the governor that was under attack in Bacon's Rebellion?
(a) William Berkeley.
(b) Loic Wacquant.
(c) Lerone Bennett Jr.
(d) George Wallace.

4. When did Congress, at the behest of Ronald Reagan, revise the program that provides federal aid to law enforcement, renaming it the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1992.

5. Where was Edward Clary stopped and searched when he was 18?
(a) The San Diego airport.
(b) JFK airport.
(c) Chicago O'Hare airport.
(d) The St. Louis airport.

Short Answer Questions

1. What U.S. Constitutional Amendment provided that the right to vote should not be denied on account of race?

2. When did the CIA admit that guerilla armies it actively supported in Nicaragua were smuggling crack cocaine into the United States?

3. Who is the former executive director of the National Center for Institutions and Alternatives that is cited as saying, "There are certain code words that allow you never to have to say 'race' but everybody knows that's what you mean"?

4. When was the case of Yick Wo v. Hopkins decided?

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

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