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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. When was the ruling in Florida v. Bostick decided?
2. What percentage of all Southern elected officials were black in 1870?
3. Where was Terrance Bostick traveling on a Greyhound bus when he was arrested?
4. When was The Strange Career of Jim Crow published?
5. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Operation Pipeline and what impacts did it have?
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 "Jim Crow" refer to?
4. What obstacle does the Barack Obama presidency present for civil rights advocates, according to the author in the Introduction?
5. What is Federalism and what role has it played in racial oppression, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
6. What led to the ermergence of slavery as the primary means for labor in the South?
7. When did Terry v. Ohio go to the Supreme Court? What was the ruling?
8. How does the author define "caste"? What is meant by "racial caste"?
9. What was concluded in the case of Brown v. Board of Education?
10. What does the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution declare?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is "affirmative action" and when did it emerge in the United States? What are the pros and cons of affirmative action? Where does the author stand on this issue? Why?
Essay Topic 2
What is "black exceptionalism"? How does black exceptionalism pose obstacles for civil rights advocates? What are examples of black exceptionalism seen in politics today?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the contributions of Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush in the War on Drugs. What acts were introduced by these presidents? What impacts did they have on the mass incarceration problems?
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