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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) April 12, 1861.
(c) January 1, 1866.
(d) September 16, 1862.

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

3. When did Bacon's Rebellion take place?
(a) 1692.
(b) 1723.
(c) 1720.
(d) 1676.

4. Who was the governor that was under attack in Bacon's Rebellion?
(a) George Wallace.
(b) Lerone Bennett Jr.
(c) Loic Wacquant.
(d) William Berkeley.

5. Why is Jarvious Cotton unable to vote, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) He is unable to pay poll taxes.
(b) He is a felon.
(c) He is illiterate.
(d) He is a slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. The author states in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," "Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly" what?

3. 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?

4. The author states in her Introduction, "Conversations about class are resisted in part because there is a tendency to imagine that one's class reflects upon" what?

5. What percentage of all Southern elected officials were black in 1870?

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