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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. 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"?
(a) 80%.
(b) 70%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 60%.

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

3. When did Ronald Reagan officially announce the War on Drugs?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1988.

4. Where did Nathaniel Bacon live as a property owner?
(a) Bermuda.
(b) Jamestown, Virginia.
(c) Roanoke, Virginia.
(d) Province of New Jersey.

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"?
(a) Devah Pager.
(b) C. Vann Woodward.
(c) William Berkeley.
(d) Lerone Bennett Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did a federal grand jury determine that the Ku Klux Klan was a "terrorist organization" and issue hundreds of indictments for crimes of violence and terrorism?

2. Where did Clifford Runoalds return home to attend the funeral of his 18-month-old daughter after he was busted in a drug sweep, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice"?

3. When was Ora Lee Hurley imprisoned for owing a fine, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?

4. Where was the conflict labor camp the Parchman Farm established?

5. When did the CIA admit that guerilla armies it actively supported in Nicaragua were smuggling crack cocaine into the United States?

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