View a FREE sample

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) January 1, 1866.
(b) May 9, 1865.
(c) September 16, 1862.
(d) March 1, 1863.

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

3. When did Ronald Reagan officially announce the War on Drugs?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1985.

4. What are the three major racialized systems of control adopted by the United States toward African Americans, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) Slavery, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration.
(b) Slavery, economic inequality, and injustice.
(c) Slavery, poverty, and educational oppression.
(d) Slavery, voting rights, and the War on Drugs.

5. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?
(a) Discrimination against African Americans in relation to voting rights.
(b) Slavery in the Southern United States.
(c) Discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
(d) Segregation in public schools and buildings.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did California pass Proposition 184, the Three Strikes Law?

2. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?

3. What Constitutional Amendment prohibits states from denying citizens due process and "equal protection of the law"?

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

5. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 215 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample