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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 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?
(a) The NAACP.
(b) NAFTA.
(c) The Amerian Negro's Fund.
(d) The Freedman's Bureau.

2. The author asserts in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow," "All racial caste systems, not just mass incarceration, have been supported by" what?
(a) "Racial bias."
(b) "The white community."
(c) "Racial indifference."
(d) "Affirmative action."

3. Where was Edward Clary stopped and searched when he was 18?
(a) Chicago O'Hare airport.
(b) The St. Louis airport.
(c) The San Diego airport.
(d) JFK airport.

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 100,000.
(b) Approximately six million.
(c) Approximately half a million.
(d) Approximately two million.

5. Between 1980 and 2000, the number of people incarcerated in prisons in the U.S. went from about 300,000 to how many?
(a) About 1 million.
(b) Over 3 million.
(c) Over 4 million.
(d) Over 2 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to criminologist Peter Kraska, how many cases of flawed paramilitary raids reached the appellate level between 1989 and 2001?

2. Where was Christopher Lee Armstrong when his motel was raided for drugs?

3. When was Swain v. Alabama decided?

4. What U.S. President proposed "One Strike and You're Out" legislation that strengthened eviction rules and urged that drug offenders be automatically excluded from public housing?

5. What sociologist is cited as saying in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" that those sent to prison "are institutionally branded as a particular class of individuals"?

(see the answer key)

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