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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 was Schneckloth v. Bustamonte decided?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1982.

2. When was the home of Scott Bryant raided by police in Dodge City, Wisconsin?
(a) July, 1993.
(b) April, 1995.
(c) June, 2000.
(d) March, 1999.

3. 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"?
(a) "Indians."
(b) "Savages."
(c) "Natives."
(d) "Blacks."

4. When did the CIA admit that guerilla armies it actively supported in Nicaragua were smuggling crack cocaine into the United States?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1992.
(d) 2001.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?

4. To whom is the following quote that opens Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste" attributed: "The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery"?

5. What term is used in the book to describe "a traffic stop motivated not by any desire to enforce traffic laws, but instead motivated by a desire to hunt for drugs in the absence of any evidence of illegal drug activity"?

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