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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was the governor that was under attack in Bacon's Rebellion?
2. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?
3. 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?
4. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?
5. Where was the conflict labor camp the Parchman Farm established?
Short Essay Questions
1. How has the U.S. penal population changed from 1980 to today?
2. What does "Jim Crow" refer to?
3. Who declared the "War on Drugs"? When was it declared?
4. How does the author define "caste"? What is meant by "racial caste"?
5. What was dedided in the case of California v. Acevedo?
6. 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"?
7. What are "pretext stops"? How are they employed in the War on Drugs?
8. How do incarceration rates in the U.S. compare with those in other countries across the globe?
9. What was concluded in the case of Brown v. Board of Education?
10. What is the Ku Klux Klan? What did the Ku Klux Klan acts dictate?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How has the federal government assisted local law enforcement in the pursuit of the War on Drugs? What are examples of assets granted to local law enforcement? What incentives do local law enforcement have for fighting the War on Drugs?
Essay Topic 2
What are the mandatory sentences for crack cocaine possession? What sentences are mandatory for powder cocaine possession? Why is there a disparity? How does this disparity impact the African American community?
Essay Topic 3
What is "black exceptionalism"? How does black exceptionalism pose obstacles for civil rights advocates? What are examples of black exceptionalism seen in politics today?
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