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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. What term became ascribed to American Indians as a way of justifying their eradication, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
(a) "Blacks."
(b) "Savages."
(c) "Natives."
(d) "Indians."

2. When was The Strange Career of Jim Crow published?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1955.

3. Where was the conflict labor camp the Parchman Farm established?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Texas.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Arkansas.

4. What Constitutional Amendment prohibits states from denying citizens due process and "equal protection of the law"?
(a) The 13th Amendment.
(b) The 12th Amendment.
(c) The 15th Amendment.
(d) The 14th Amendment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?

2. In 2005, how many drug arrests were for possession?

3. Approximately how many people were in prison or jail for a drug offense in 1980?

4. Who was the governor that was under attack in Bacon's Rebellion?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution declare?

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

3. How are the circumstances of Robert Robinette's arrest described in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?

4. What did the Supreme Court case of Florida v. Bostick establish?

5. What percentages do drug offenses account for in the rise of the federal inmate population and state prisoners, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?

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

7. How did the concept of "race" emerge in America, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?

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

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

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

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