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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?
(a) 116.
(b) 215.
(c) 93.
(d) 19.

2. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) January 1, 1864.
(b) January 1, 1866.
(c) January 1, 1863.
(d) January 1, 1865.

3. When did California modify the Three Strikes Law with Proposition 36?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2011.

4. What does the author describe printed on a bright orange poster that opened her mind to the themes of the book in the Introduction?
(a) "Affirmative Action is the New Jim Crow."
(b) "Racism Still Exists Today."
(c) "Mass Incarceration is the New Jim Crow."
(d) "The Drug War is the New Jim Crow."

5. In 1997, the Pentagon handed over how many pieces of military equipment to local police departments?
(a) Over 1.6 million.
(b) About 3 million.
(c) Over 1.2 million.
(d) Over 1.8 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Constitutional Amendment prohibits states from denying citizens due process and "equal protection of the law"?

2. When did Bacon's Rebellion take place?

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

4. When was the ruling for Terry v. Ohio decided?

5. When was the home of Scott Bryant raided by police in Dodge City, Wisconsin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author use Jarvious Cotton as an example in the Introduction to The New Jim Crow?

2. What was dedided in the case of California v. Acevedo?

3. Who declared the "War on Drugs"? When was it declared?

4. What led to the ermergence of slavery as the primary means for labor in the South?

5. How does the author define "caste"? What is meant by "racial caste"?

6. What is the Ku Klux Klan? What did the Ku Klux Klan acts dictate?

7. What legislative achievements were seen in the Reconstruction Era?

8. When did Terry v. Ohio go to the Supreme Court? What was the ruling?

9. What obstacle does the Barack Obama presidency present for civil rights advocates, according to the author in the Introduction?

10. What were the impacts and repercussions of Bacon's Rebellion?

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