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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. When were Michael Whren and James Brown stopped by plainclothes officers and searched?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1988.

2. What Constitutional Amendment prohibits states from denying citizens due process and "equal protection of the law"?
(a) The 15th Amendment.
(b) The 12th Amendment.
(c) The 14th Amendment.
(d) The 13th Amendment.

3. When was the ruling in Florida v. Bostick decided?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1982.

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

5. Approximately how many people have been arrested for drug offenses since the drug war began, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) Over 35 million.
(b) About 20 million.
(c) About 10 million.
(d) Over 31 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What state supreme court issued a landmark decision in the case of Ruffin v. Commonwealth?

3. 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?

4. When did Congress, at the behest of Ronald Reagan, revise the program that provides federal aid to law enforcement, renaming it the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program?

5. Who wrote Slavery by Another Name?

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