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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. The author asserts in the Introduction that one in how many young African American men are currently under the control of the criminal justice system--in prison, in jail, on probation, or on parole?
(a) One in four.
(b) One in five.
(c) One in three.
(d) One in ten.

2. What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures?
(a) The 16th Amendment.
(b) The 2nd Amendment.
(c) The 3rd Amendment.
(d) The 4th Amendment.

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

4. How many SWAT team deployments were sent out for paramilitary drug raids in 2001?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 32,000.

5. What Supreme Court Justice dissented on the ruling in Terry v. Ohio?
(a) Justice Blackmon.
(b) Justice Bennett.
(c) Justice Douglas.
(d) Justice Woodward.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the home of Scott Bryant raided by police in Dodge City, Wisconsin?

2. In her Introduction, the author writes, "The impact of the drug war has been astounding. In less than 30 years, the U.S penal population exploded from around 300,000 to" how many?

3. When does the author describe the raid at Stratford High School in Goose Creek, South Carolina as having taken place in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?

4. What was the dominant means of securing cheap labor in the early colonial period in America, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?

5. When was the ruling in Florida v. Bostick decided?

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