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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 wrote Slavery by Another Name?
2. According to criminologist Peter Kraska, how many cases of flawed paramilitary raids reached the appellate level between 1989 and 2001?
3. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
4. What was the dominant means of securing cheap labor in the early colonial period in America, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
5. What U.S. Constitutional Amendment provided that the right to vote should not be denied on account of race?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was dedided in the case of California v. Acevedo?
2. How has the U.S. penal population changed from 1980 to today?
3. What legislative achievements were seen in the Reconstruction Era?
4. What led to the ermergence of slavery as the primary means for labor in the South?
5. How are the circumstances of Robert Robinette's arrest described in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
6. What was concluded in the case of Brown v. Board of Education?
7. When did Terry v. Ohio go to the Supreme Court? What was the ruling?
8. 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"?
9. What were the impacts and repercussions of Bacon's Rebellion?
10. Who declared the "War on Drugs"? When was it declared?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are the repercussions a defendant may face for taking a plea deal instead of facing mandatory sentences for drug offenses? What are some of the examples of costs that a defendant may face after trial? How can these costs oppress a former inmate?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the author's metaphor of a birdcage in The New Jim Crow. To what is a birdcage compared? What comprises the bars of the cage? What does the author remark about the door of the cage?
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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