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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What are the three major racialized systems of control adopted by the United States toward African Americans, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) Slavery, voting rights, and the War on Drugs.
(b) Slavery, poverty, and educational oppression.
(c) Slavery, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration.
(d) Slavery, economic inequality, and injustice.
2. About what percentage of offenders and ex-offenders are high school dropouts, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?
(a) About 70%.
(b) About 90%.
(c) About 50%.
(d) About 60%.
3. In 1997, the Pentagon handed over how many pieces of military equipment to local police departments?
(a) Over 1.8 million.
(b) About 3 million.
(c) Over 1.6 million.
(d) Over 1.2 million.
4. How many U.S. states prohibit all employers and licensing agencies from considering arrests, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?
(a) Ten.
(b) 20.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.
5. The author notes in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" that two-thirds of people detained in jails report annual incomes under what amount prior to their arrests?
(a) Under $10,000.
(b) Under $5,000.
(c) Under $12,000.
(d) Under $20,000.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where was the National Colored Convention that Frederick Douglass made the statement that is quoted in the beginning of Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?
2. Approximately what percentage of people sentenced to prison in Illinois for a drug offense are African American, according to the author in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?
3. When did the CIA admit that guerilla armies it actively supported in Nicaragua were smuggling crack cocaine into the United States?
4. The author asserts in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice" that in the federal system, homicide offenders account for 0.4% of the past decade's growth in the federal prison population while drug offenders account for what percent of that expansion?
5. In June of 2001, how many more black men were in the Illinois state prison system than were enrolled in the state's public universities?
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