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

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

3. When did the CIA admit that guerilla armies it actively supported in Nicaragua were smuggling crack cocaine into the United States?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1985.
(d) 2001.

4. When was The Strange Career of Jim Crow published?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1955.

5. What group of people is the focus of The New Jim Crow, according to the author in her Introduction?
(a) Latinos and other immigrants.
(b) African American women.
(c) African American men.
(d) White American men.

Short Answer Questions

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"?

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

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

4. When did Ronald Reagan officially announce the War on Drugs?

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

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