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

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

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?
(a) Slavery, economic inequality, and injustice.
(b) Slavery, voting rights, and the War on Drugs.
(c) Slavery, poverty, and educational oppression.
(d) Slavery, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration.

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

5. What U.S. Constitutional Amendment provided that the right to vote should not be denied on account of race?
(a) The 16th Amendment.
(b) The 12th Amendment.
(c) The 15th Amendment.
(d) The 14th Amendment.

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. According to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," what "was the device employed to protect the institution of slavery and the political power of slaveholding states" when the Constitution was written?

3. What group of people is the focus of The New Jim Crow, according to the author in her Introduction?

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

5. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?

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