1. 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) Malcolm X.
(b) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.

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

3. Where did crack cocaine first emerge in poor black neighborhoods in the United States before spreading elsewhere?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Tuscon.

4. Where did Nathaniel Bacon live as a property owner?
(a) Jamestown, Virginia.
(b) Province of New Jersey.
(c) Bermuda.
(d) Roanoke, Virginia.

5. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?
(a) June, 2004.
(b) March, 2008.
(c) October, 2007.
(d) July, 2001.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sociologist is cited in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste" as stating that each reincarnation of racial caste "is less total, less capable of encompassing and controlling the entire race"?

2. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?

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

4. Who described The Strange Career of Jim Crow as the "historical bible of the Civil Rights Movement"?

5. When did California modify the Three Strikes Law with Proposition 36?

(see the answer key)

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