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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. When did the American Civil War end by proclamation?
(a) September 16, 1862.
(b) March 1, 1863.
(c) January 1, 1866.
(d) May 9, 1865.

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

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

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

5. What was Terrance Bostick found to be carrying on a Greyhound Bus in the case of Florida v. Bostick?
(a) A pound of marijuana.
(b) A pound of quaaludes.
(c) A pound of heroin.
(d) A pound of cocaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. When was Alberta Spruill killed in a botched SWAT raid in Harlem?

4. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

5. Why is Jarvious Cotton unable to vote, according to the author in the Introduction?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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"?

3. What does a "consent search" refer to?

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

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

6. What was concluded in the case of Brown v. Board of Education?

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

8. What does "Jim Crow" refer to?

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

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

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