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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. How did Jarvious Cotton's great-grandfather die?
2. What U.S. Constitutional Amendment provided that the right to vote should not be denied on account of race?
3. When did the American Civil War begin?
4. When did the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals release a recommendation that "no new institutions for adults should be build and existing institutions for juveniles should be closed"?
5. In the Urban League's 1990 report, "The State of Black America," it stated, "There is at least one concept that must be recognized if one is to see the pervasive and insidious nature of the drug problem for the African American community. Though difficult to accept, that is the concept of" what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What legislative achievements were seen in the Reconstruction Era?
2. What did the Supreme Court case of Florida v. Bostick establish?
3. What was dedided in the case of California v. Acevedo?
4. What is the Ku Klux Klan? What did the Ku Klux Klan acts dictate?
5. Who declared the "War on Drugs"? When was it declared?
6. How are the circumstances of Robert Robinette's arrest described in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
7. What obstacle does the Barack Obama presidency present for civil rights advocates, according to the author in the Introduction?
8. What is Federalism and what role has it played in racial oppression, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
9. What was Operation Pipeline and what impacts did it have?
10. What was concluded in the case of Brown v. Board of Education?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the history of African slavery in the United States. When did slavery emerge? When did the Transatlantic Slave Trade end? When was slavery abolished and what forms of oppression followed it?
Essay Topic 2
Why was Brown v. Board of Education a significant Supreme Court ruling? How did this case change society between African Americans and whites in the South? How did it impact life in the North?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss "pretext stops" and "stop and frisk" policies as they relate to the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. How have these policies been employed? What rulings have addressed their constitutionality? What purpose do these policies serve?
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