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

2. Who wrote The Strange Career of Jim Crow?
(a) Marc Mauer.
(b) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(c) Loic Wacquant.
(d) C. Vann Woodward.

3. The author states in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," "Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly" what?
(a) "Lamentable."
(b) "Adaptable."
(c) "Obtuse."
(d) "Rigid."

4. When did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Harris that the Klan Act was partially unconstitutional?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1889.

5. The author states in her Introduction, "Conversations about class are resisted in part because there is a tendency to imagine that one's class reflects upon" what?
(a) "One's character."
(b) "One's race."
(c) "One's income."
(d) One's history."

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the American Civil War end by proclamation?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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