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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. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?
2. What Constitutional Amendment prohibits states from denying citizens due process and "equal protection of the law"?
3. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?
4. When did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Harris that the Klan Act was partially unconstitutional?
5. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?
Short Essay Questions
1. What led to the ermergence of slavery as the primary means for labor in the South?
2. What was concluded in the case of Brown v. Board of Education?
3. 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"?
4. What are "pretext stops"? How are they employed in the War on Drugs?
5. What were the impacts and repercussions of Bacon's Rebellion?
6. How does the author use Jarvious Cotton as an example in the Introduction to The New Jim Crow?
7. What is Federalism and what role has it played in racial oppression, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
8. What does a "consent search" refer to?
9. What does the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution declare?
10. What did the Supreme Court case of Florida v. Bostick establish?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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