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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. What was the dominant means of securing cheap labor in the early colonial period in America, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
(a) Feudalism.
(b) Native American slavery.
(c) White slavery.
(d) Indentured servitude.

2. 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 five.
(b) One in ten.
(c) One in three.
(d) One in four.

3. Where was the conflict labor camp the Parchman Farm established?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Texas.
(d) Georgia.

4. Who described The Strange Career of Jim Crow as the "historical bible of the Civil Rights Movement"?
(a) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.

5. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?
(a) Criminal justice reform.
(b) Tax reform.
(c) Affirmative action.
(d) Education reform.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the CIA admit that guerilla armies it actively supported in Nicaragua were smuggling crack cocaine into the United States?

2. 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"?

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

4. Who wrote The Strange Career of Jim Crow?

5. 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?

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