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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 does the author describe the raid at Stratford High School in Goose Creek, South Carolina as having taken place in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
2. When did Ronald Reagan officially announce the War on Drugs?
3. What term is used in the book to describe "a traffic stop motivated not by any desire to enforce traffic laws, but instead motivated by a desire to hunt for drugs in the absence of any evidence of illegal drug activity"?
4. When was the home of Scott Bryant raided by police in Dodge City, Wisconsin?
5. When did the American Civil War end by proclamation?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were the "black codes" and what impact did they have?
2. How does the author use Jarvious Cotton as an example in the Introduction to The New Jim Crow?
3. What was concluded in the case of Brown v. Board of Education?
4. What were the impacts and repercussions of Bacon's Rebellion?
5. What was dedided in the case of California v. Acevedo?
6. How are the circumstances of Robert Robinette's arrest described in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
7. How do incarceration rates in the U.S. compare with those in other countries across the globe?
8. What legislative achievements were seen in the Reconstruction Era?
9. What are "pretext stops"? How are they employed in the War on Drugs?
10. What obstacle does the Barack Obama presidency present for civil rights advocates, according to the author in the Introduction?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are Jim Crow laws? When were these laws established? Where were they established? What were the repercussions of the Jim Crow laws?
Essay Topic 2
When did the War on Drugs emerge in the United States? How was the media involved in this campaign? What legislation emerged as a result of the War on Drugs? What impacts has the War on Drugs had on American society?
Essay Topic 3
How did the wealthy planter class manage to create a divide between poor white workers and poor black workers in the American colonies? Why did they do so? How did they benefit from this estrangement?
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