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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. In what case did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals strike down the "no fault" clause on the ground that eviction of innocent tenants was inconsistent with the legislative scheme?
(a) Brown v. Board of Education.
(b) Rucker v. Davis.
(c) McClesky v. Kemp.
(d) Plessy v. Ferguson.

2. Where was Emma Faye Stewart living when she was arrested as part of a drug sweep?
(a) Dallas, Texas.
(b) Hearne, Texas.
(c) Houston, Texas.
(d) Austin, Texas.

3. 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) Indentured servitude.
(c) Feudalism.
(d) Native American slavery.

4. When was the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act passed, authorizing public housing agencies the ability to exclude and evict drug offenders and other felons from access?
(a) 1994.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1969.

5. To whom is the following quote that opens Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste" attributed: "The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery"?
(a) Frederick Douglass.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) W. E. B. Du Bois.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to criminologist Peter Kraska, how many cases of flawed paramilitary raids reached the appellate level between 1989 and 2001?

2. Where was Edward Clary stopped and searched when he was 18?

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

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

5. Where was Terrance Bostick traveling on a Greyhound bus when he was arrested?

(see the answer key)

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