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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. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?
(a) Discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
(b) Discrimination against African Americans in relation to voting rights.
(c) Segregation in public schools and buildings.
(d) Slavery in the Southern United States.

2. When was the ruling for Terry v. Ohio decided?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1945.

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

4. By the end of 2007, how many Americans were behind bars, on probation, or on parole, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) About 3 million.
(b) About 5 million.
(c) Over 8 million.
(d) Over 7 million.

5. 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"?
(a) Marc Mauer.
(b) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(c) Loic Wacquant.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term became ascribed to American Indians as a way of justifying their eradication, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?

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

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

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

5. The author states in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," "Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly" what?

(see the answer key)

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