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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. Federal law provides that a child-support enforcement officer can garnish up to what percent of an individual's wages for child support?
(a) Up to 45%.
(b) Up to 50%.
(c) Up to 65%.
(d) Up to 15%.

2. Who is the co-founder of the See Forever charter school that is quoted in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?
(a) John Edgar Wideman.
(b) William Berkeley.
(c) James Forman Jr.
(d) C. Vann Woodward.

3. When was the case of McCleskey v. Kemp decided by the Supreme Court?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1991.

4. Approximately what percentage of people sentenced to prison in Illinois for a drug offense are African American, according to the author in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?
(a) 60%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 80%.

5. What percentage of all Southern elected officials were black in 1870?
(a) 5%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 10%.

Short Answer Questions

1. The quote from Frederick Douglass that opens Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" was a part of a statement on behalf of delegates to the National Colored Convention held when?

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. How many SWAT team deployments were sent out for paramilitary drug raids in 2001?

4. When was the Military Cooperation with Law Enforcement Act passed?

5. In June of 2001, how many more black men were in the Illinois state prison system than were enrolled in the state's public universities?

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