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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What state supreme court issued a landmark decision in the case of Ruffin v. Commonwealth?
(a) The Arkansas Supreme Court.
(b) The Mississippi Supreme Court.
(c) The Virginia Supreme Court.
(d) The Louisiana Supreme Court.

3. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?
(a) Segregation in public schools and buildings.
(b) Discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
(c) Slavery in the Southern United States.
(d) Discrimination against African Americans in relation to voting rights.

4. 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) 1880.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1870.

5. When did the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals release a recommendation that "no new institutions for adults should be build and existing institutions for juveniles should be closed"?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1990.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did crack cocaine first emerge in poor black neighborhoods in the United States before spreading elsewhere?

2. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?

3. What word used in the Introduction refers to the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities?

4. What are the three major racialized systems of control adopted by the United States toward African Americans, according to the author in the Introduction?

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

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