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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 end by proclamation?
(a) May 9, 1865.
(b) September 16, 1862.
(c) March 1, 1863.
(d) January 1, 1866.

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

3. 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"?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1990.

4. The author asserts in the Introduction that one in how many young African American men are currently under the control of the criminal justice system--in prison, in jail, on probation, or on parole?
(a) One in ten.
(b) One in five.
(c) One in four.
(d) One in three.

5. What does "caste" refer to?
(a) A system of dividing society into educational classes.
(b) A system of dividing society into hereditary classes.
(c) A system of dividing society into economic classes.
(d) A system of dividing society into racial classes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the three major racialized systems of control adopted by the United States toward African Americans, according to the author in the Introduction?

2. What state supreme court issued a landmark decision in the case of Ruffin v. Commonwealth?

3. 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"?

4. When did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Harris that the Klan Act was partially unconstitutional?

5. Where was the conflict labor camp the Parchman Farm established?

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