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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 CIA admit that guerilla armies it actively supported in Nicaragua were smuggling crack cocaine into the United States?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1992.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1985.

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?
(a) The NAACP.
(b) The Freedman's Bureau.
(c) The Amerian Negro's Fund.
(d) NAFTA.

3. What are the three major racialized systems of control adopted by the United States toward African Americans, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) Slavery, voting rights, and the War on Drugs.
(b) Slavery, poverty, and educational oppression.
(c) Slavery, economic inequality, and injustice.
(d) Slavery, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration.

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

5. What was the dominant means of securing cheap labor in the early colonial period in America, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
(a) Indentured servitude.
(b) Native American slavery.
(c) White slavery.
(d) Feudalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her Introduction, the author writes, "The impact of the drug war has been astounding. In less than 30 years, the U.S penal population exploded from around 300,000 to" how many?

2. The author asserts in the Introduction that one in how many young African American men are currently under the control of the criminal justice system--in prison, in jail, on probation, or on parole?

3. 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"?

4. Who wrote Slavery by Another Name?

5. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?

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