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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote Slavery by Another Name?
(a) Douglas Blackmon.
(b) C. Vann Woodward.
(c) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(d) Loic Wacquant.

3. When did the American Civil War begin?
(a) March 1, 1863.
(b) April 12, 1861.
(c) September 16, 1862.
(d) January 1, 1866.

4. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?
(a) "Why are we here?"
(b) "Where do we go next?"
(c) "How do we face and address the past?"
(d) "How did we get here?"

5. How many people does the author say are in prison or jail for a drug offense today in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) Approximately six million.
(b) Approximately 100,000.
(c) Approximately two million.
(d) Approximately half a million.

6. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?
(a) 500.
(b) 560.
(c) 750.
(d) 250.

7. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?
(a) Criminal justice reform.
(b) Education reform.
(c) Tax reform.
(d) Affirmative action.

8. Approximately how many people were in prison or jail for a drug offense in 1980?
(a) 41,100.
(b) 35,250.
(c) 25,900.
(d) 29,350.

9. What U.S. Constitutional Amendment provided that the right to vote should not be denied on account of race?
(a) The 12th Amendment.
(b) The 15th Amendment.
(c) The 14th Amendment.
(d) The 16th Amendment.

10. Who wrote The Strange Career of Jim Crow?
(a) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(b) Loic Wacquant.
(c) Marc Mauer.
(d) C. Vann Woodward.

11. 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 10 million.
(b) Over 35 million.
(c) Over 31 million.
(d) About 20 million.

12. What state supreme court issued a landmark decision in the case of Ruffin v. Commonwealth?
(a) The Arkansas Supreme Court.
(b) The Virginia Supreme Court.
(c) The Mississippi Supreme Court.
(d) The Louisiana Supreme Court.

13. What percentage of all Southern elected officials were black in 1870?
(a) 5%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 20%.

14. 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 five.
(c) One in ten.
(d) One in three.

15. When does the author describe the raid at Stratford High School in Goose Creek, South Carolina as having taken place in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) August, 2005.
(b) November, 2003.
(c) July, 1993.
(d) March, 1999.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did crack cocaine first emerge in poor black neighborhoods in the United States before spreading elsewhere?

3. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?

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

5. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

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