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

2. Who was the judge assigned to Edward Clary's case in the Federal District of Missouri?
(a) Judge Lerone Bennett Jr.
(b) Judge Clyde Cahill.
(c) Judge William Berkeley.
(d) Judge George Wallace.

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

4. The author notes in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" that two-thirds of people detained in jails report annual incomes under what amount prior to their arrests?
(a) Under $12,000.
(b) Under $20,000.
(c) Under $10,000.
(d) Under $5,000.

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) White slavery.
(b) Feudalism.
(c) Native American slavery.
(d) Indentured servitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice," "Human Rights Watch reported in 2000 that, in seven states, African Americans constitute" what percent "of all drug offenders sent to prison"?

2. Who is cited in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" as having said, "In this brave new world, punishment for the original offense is no longer enough; one's debt to society is never paid"?

3. Who was the executive director of the Sentencing Project when the book was written?

4. When were Michael Whren and James Brown stopped by plainclothes officers and searched?

5. What writer for Time magazine wrote a critique of Obama's speech, as described in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?

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