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

2. What group of people is the focus of The New Jim Crow, according to the author in her Introduction?
(a) African American women.
(b) Latinos and other immigrants.
(c) African American men.
(d) White American men.

3. What was Terrance Bostick found to be carrying on a Greyhound Bus in the case of Florida v. Bostick?
(a) A pound of quaaludes.
(b) A pound of heroin.
(c) A pound of marijuana.
(d) A pound of cocaine.

4. How many people does the author say are in prison or jail for a drug offense today in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) Approximately two million.
(b) Approximately half a million.
(c) Approximately 100,000.
(d) Approximately six million.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When were Michael Whren and James Brown stopped by plainclothes officers and searched?

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

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

4. Who was the governor that was under attack in Bacon's Rebellion?

5. In 2005, how many drug arrests were for possession?

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