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

2. When did Bacon's Rebellion take place?
(a) 1723.
(b) 1720.
(c) 1676.
(d) 1692.

3. In 2006, one in how many African American men was behind bars?
(a) 20.
(b) 29.
(c) 106.
(d) 14.

4. When was Batson v. Kentucky decided?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1985.

5. Who wrote the book States of Denial?
(a) C. Vann Woodward.
(b) Loic Wacquant.
(c) Devah Pager.
(d) Stanley Cohen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what notable case did the Court establish the doctrine of "separate but equal"?

2. Where did Warren McCleskey commit the crime he was accused of?

3. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?

4. What are the three major racialized systems of control adopted by the United States toward African Americans, according to the author in the Introduction?

5. When did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Harris that the Klan Act was partially unconstitutional?

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