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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: "The Lockdown".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Urban League's 1990 report, "The State of Black America," it stated, "There is at least one concept that must be recognized if one is to see the pervasive and insidious nature of the drug problem for the African American community. Though difficult to accept, that is the concept of" what?
(a) "Genocide."
(b) "Racism."
(c) "Poverty."
(d) "Confidentiality."

2. What does the author describe printed on a bright orange poster that opened her mind to the themes of the book in the Introduction?
(a) "The Drug War is the New Jim Crow."
(b) "Mass Incarceration is the New Jim Crow."
(c) "Affirmative Action is the New Jim Crow."
(d) "Racism Still Exists Today."

3. Who was the executive director of the Sentencing Project when the book was written?
(a) Marc Mauer.
(b) Andrew Stabler.
(c) Jason Alexander.
(d) Richard Roth.

4. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) January 1, 1866.
(b) January 1, 1864.
(c) January 1, 1865.
(d) January 1, 1863.

5. Approximately how many people were in prison or jail for a drug offense in 1980?
(a) 35,250.
(b) 41,100.
(c) 25,900.
(d) 29,350.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jarvious Cotton's great-grandfather die?

2. In 1997, the Pentagon handed over how many pieces of military equipment to local police departments?

3. How many SWAT team deployments were sent out for paramilitary drug raids in 2001?

4. Who described The Strange Career of Jim Crow as the "historical bible of the Civil Rights Movement"?

5. When was Alberta Spruill killed in a botched SWAT raid in Harlem?

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