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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Schneckloth v. Bustamonte decided?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1982.

2. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?
(a) July, 2001.
(b) October, 2007.
(c) March, 2008.
(d) June, 2004.

3. Who was the governor that was under attack in Bacon's Rebellion?
(a) Lerone Bennett Jr.
(b) Loic Wacquant.
(c) George Wallace.
(d) William Berkeley.

4. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?
(a) Segregation in public schools and buildings.
(b) Slavery in the Southern United States.
(c) Discrimination against African Americans in relation to voting rights.
(d) Discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

5. In the Urban League's 1990 report, "The State of Black America," it stated, "There is at least one concept that must be recognized if one is to see the pervasive and insidious nature of the drug problem for the African American community. Though difficult to accept, that is the concept of" what?
(a) "Genocide."
(b) "Poverty."
(c) "Confidentiality."
(d) "Racism."

6. When was the Military Cooperation with Law Enforcement Act passed?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1981.

7. 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 2 million.
(d) Over 4 million.

8. Where did crack cocaine first emerge in poor black neighborhoods in the United States before spreading elsewhere?
(a) Tuscon.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

9. When did the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals release a recommendation that "no new institutions for adults should be build and existing institutions for juveniles should be closed"?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1982.

10. In her Introduction, the author writes, "The impact of the drug war has been astounding. In less than 30 years, the U.S penal population exploded from around 300,000 to" how many?
(a) "Almost 1 million."
(b) "More than 2 million."
(c) "More than 3 million."
(d) "Nearly 1.5 million."

11. According to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," what "was the device employed to protect the institution of slavery and the political power of slaveholding states" when the Constitution was written?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Federalism.
(d) Authoritarianism.

12. In 2005, how many drug arrests were for possession?
(a) Four out of five.
(b) One out of three.
(c) Three out of five.
(d) Two out of five.

13. The author asserts in the Introduction that one in how many young African American men are currently under the control of the criminal justice system--in prison, in jail, on probation, or on parole?
(a) One in four.
(b) One in three.
(c) One in five.
(d) One in ten.

14. Approximately how many people have been arrested for drug offenses since the drug war began, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) About 20 million.
(b) Over 31 million.
(c) About 10 million.
(d) Over 35 million.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?

2. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?

3. When was the ruling in Florida v. Bostick decided?

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

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

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