View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in her Introduction, "Conversations about class are resisted in part because there is a tendency to imagine that one's class reflects upon" what?
(a) One's history."
(b) "One's income."
(c) "One's character."
(d) "One's race."

2. What does "caste" refer to?
(a) A system of dividing society into racial classes.
(b) A system of dividing society into hereditary classes.
(c) A system of dividing society into educational classes.
(d) A system of dividing society into economic classes.

3. When did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Harris that the Klan Act was partially unconstitutional?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1895.

4. When was the home of Scott Bryant raided by police in Dodge City, Wisconsin?
(a) June, 2000.
(b) March, 1999.
(c) July, 1993.
(d) April, 1995.

5. The author states in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," "Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly" what?
(a) "Obtuse."
(b) "Adaptable."
(c) "Lamentable."
(d) "Rigid."

Short Answer Questions

1. What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures?

2. When was The Strange Career of Jim Crow published?

3. When did Bacon's Rebellion take place?

4. 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?

5. What agency arose in the Reconstruction Era that was charged with the responsibility of providing food, clothing, fuel, and other forms of assistance to former slaves?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does "Jim Crow" refer to?

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

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

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

6. How do incarceration rates in the U.S. compare with those in other countries across the globe?

7. 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"?

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

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

10. How has the U.S. penal population changed from 1980 to today?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 889 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample